Examines color and cinema from historical, technological, aesthetic and theoretical perspectives. Students will be required to complete both creative and scholarly assignments.
Interrogates how fiction and nonfiction filmmakers, writers, cinematographers, and moving-image editors have creatively responded to discoveries made In the field of environmental science. Using books by Rachel Carson and Scott MacDonald as a framework, we will examine a broad spectrum of filmmakers (e.g. Wes Anderson, Todd Haynes, Jennifer Baichwal, Bruce Conner, Percy Smith) alongside the most pressing environmental issues. Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) Film (FILM or FMST) or Environmental Studies (ENVS) majors only.
Serious investigation of the horror film genre as well as its origins in, and relation to, works of romanticist literature (e.g., Poe, Shelley). Issues include: the relation of fantasy and reality; gender in horror film; psychological issues raised by the films; historical issues generatedby the genre. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-).
Prepares students for advanced Film Critical Studies work. Subject matter varies from semester to semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided topics are different. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Intensive introduction to film history from 1895 to 1935. Topics covered include the beginnings of motion picture photography, the growth of narrative complexity from Lumiere to Griffith, American silent comedy, Soviet theories of montage, German expressionist films, and the transition to sound. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-).
Starts with the late 1930s and early 1940s films of Renoir and Welles and follows the historical growth and evolution of film aesthetics to the present. Studies Italian neorealist, French new wave, and recent experimental films, as well as the films of major auteur figures such as Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini, Hitchcock, Bunuel, Antonioni, and Coppola. Requisites: Requires prerequisite courses of FILM 1502 and FILM 3051 (all minimum grade D-).
Examines the relationship between American films from 1980 to the present and their cultural and historical context. Includes films by Bigelow, Fincher, Hardwicke, Lee, Linklater, Lynch, Portillo, Stone and Scorsese. Assumes some film knowledge but is not restricted to majors. Recommended prereqs., FILM 1502, FILM 3051 and FILM 3061.
Surveys the range and function of film criticism, introduces major positions and concepts of film theory, and focuses on students' abilities to write about film. Same as HUMN 3104. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior) FILM (FILM or FMST) or Humanities (HUMN) majors only.
Surveys Russian cinema in historical and cultural context from early 20th century to the present. Same as RUSS 3211. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 or RUSS 3211 (minimum grade D-).
Examines the relationship between politics, economics, aesthetics, and the way moral and social issues are treated in noteworthy Russian films from the last 20 years. Same as RUSS 3301.
Exploration of creative cinema production through short production and post-production projects. A short final project will be required. Focuses on the tactics and strategies of independent cinema production, examining a variety of approaches to genre. Explores a range of film and digital technologies. Requisites: Requires prerequisites courses of FILM 1502 (minimum grade C) and FILM 2000 and FILM 2500 (both minimum grade of B-). Requires corequisite courses of FILM 3515 and FILM 3525. Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Studies the relationships between European film, art, and culture. Offered each summer in a different European city (viz, Rome, Paris, London, Athens, Barcelona). There will be regular in-class lectures, film screenings, field trips, and on-site teaching. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., introductory film and art history courses. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts.
Second only to jazz, some critics regard the Hollywood musical as the greatest American popular art form of the 20th century. This course proposes a historical, formal, and theoretical approach to the musical through its several iterations, from the classical, to the revisionist, to the unusual, placing the changes in the genre's form, structure, and ideology in the context of America's changing social, political, and religious values. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-).
Analyzes key issues in German culture as they are represented in film and other media, e.g., technology, architecture, women, and the Holocaust. Taught in English. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours provided the topics are different. Same as GRMN 3504.
Introduces issues in German society through film during the Cold War. Focus on East and West Germany, though some other German language films may be included. Emphasis is on reading films in their social, historical, and political contexts. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 3513.
Introduces post-1989 German culture through film. The course emphasizes films in their socio-historical contexts and explores developments in German culture during and after the unification. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 3514.
Focuses on the development of independent cinema production and post-production skills. The instructor must certify students in order to continue with their BFA studies. Requisites: Requires prerequisites courses of FILM 1502 (minimum grade C) and FILM 2000 and FILM 2500 (both minimum grade of B-). Requires corequisite courses of FILM 3400 and FILM 3525. Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Focuses on the development of independent cinema post-production skills. The instructor must certify students in order to continue with their BFA studies. Requisites: Requires prerequisites courses of FILM 1502 (minimum grade C) and FILM 2000 and FILM 2500 (both minimum grade of B-). Requires corequisite courses of FILM 3515 and FILM 3400. Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Focuses on the production process of movie making from idea through distribution, analyzing each of the five phases involved, including the major players, function and problems inherent in each. Emphasizes the critical role the script plays in this process. Designed to give students a "map of the minefield" before venturing out on their own. Offered through Continuing Education.
Through projects, discussions, and screenings, this class explores the practices and aesthetics of computer-based moving-image art editing. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 3525 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
Historical and aesthetic overview of sound in relation to film, ranging from Hitchcock's Blackmail to Mailick's The Thin Red Line. Pursues issues in sound design, mixing film scores, voiceovers, and film/sound theory in narrative, experimental, and documentary films. Among the filmmakers to be studied are Vertov, Welles, Altman, Brakhage, Lipsett, Eisenstein, Coppola, Scorcese, Stone, Leone, Godard, Nelson. Also explores a limited practicum using Pro Tools for sound design. Recommended prereq., FILM 3051. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 1502 (minimum grade D-).
Instructs students in the making of digital animation. Covers the use of the exposure sheet, frame series manipulation, digital motion techniques, and an analysis of pertinent films. Emphasis is on digital tools to create individual, personal, or experimental animated works. Includes experimental techniques of transfer between digital media and film. Recommended prereq., FILM 3525. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 2610 (minimum grade D-).
Analyzes the cultural and critical practices as well as the thought that defines the postmodern period at the end of twentieth century. Same as HUMN 3660. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: literature and the arts. Requisites: Requires either prerequisite course of HUMN 2000 (minimum grade D-) or restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Junior or Senior).
Studies and applies Pro Tools as a post-production audio toolbox. Applied techniques include sound recording, sound editing, field recording, foley, vocal recording and editing, plug-in generated sound creation, MIDI, basic scoring principles, audio sweetening, and audio mixing. Students will be required to complete regular editing assignments in addition to a final soundscape project. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of FILM 2000 or FILM 2300 and FILM 2500 and FILM 3525 (all minimum grade D-). Restricted to Film (FILM or FMST) majors only.
