Film Analysis | 2010
This course introduces the critical study of film, exploring theoretical, historical, and technical concerns while presenting a survey of important film genres. This is not just a film appreciation class.
This course introduces the critical study of film, exploring theoretical, historical, and technical concerns while presenting a survey of important film genres. This is not just a film appreciation class.
This course looks back even as it looks forward, considering how printed texts and reading practices are transformed by the digital, in addition to examining more revolutionary digital media.
Why do documentary films get made? What do their makers hope these films will do in the world? Does the film released in a multiplex do something categorically different in the world from the one released online? How do stories get told across what might otherwise just be a series of talking heads?