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Introduction to Film: History Up to the 1960'S
Meta-Major
Arts and Languages
Session Cycle
F
Credits
3
Allow Pass/No Pass
Yes
Lecture Hours
54
CalGETC Areas
Area 3B - Humanities
Transfer Status
UC and CSU
Course Description
Introduces the history and close analysis of film and early television texts from 1849-1960. The course examines the broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture within the context of film, cinematic, and television media. Students will explore the diverse possibilities presented by the cinematic art form through an examination of a wide variety of productions, national cinemas, and film movements. Topics include modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, acting styles, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology and critical analysis.