Strategies of critical analysis of entertainment media as
artistic, scholarly, and professional practice. Students will
learn the language of visual analysis and components of media
aesthetics as they apply to a variety of entertainment media
and will discuss visual media literacy, meaning, and
interpretation as analytical viewing practices.
Athena Title
Entertainment Media Analysis
Prerequisite
(EMST 3110 or EMST 3110H) and EMST 3150 and permission of major
Corequisite
EMST 3210
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, student will be conversant in the basic vocabulary of visual media components, including cinematography, editing, sound, and mise-en-scène.
Upon completing this course, student will be able to apply critical and/or theoretical frameworks to the analysis of genre, form, and media across platforms and in western and non-western contexts.
Upon completing this course, student will describe, interpret, and analyze visual media and connect aesthetic form to cultural and thematic meaning.
