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CMM-140 Film Criticism

Prerequisite: CMM-100; ENGL-190 or equivalent level of English recommended
Curriculum: Fulfills fine arts requirement for A&S, Business, Engineering and Nursing
Description: Commerce, high art and popular culture on the celluloid strip. An approach to film through an eclectic array of tools: formal analysis (mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing), theoretical constructs (auteurism, identification), and reading films as cultural expressions that betray social tensions of their time and place of production. Weekly screenings and analysis of films from a variety of time periods, genres and national cinemas.
Current Text: Film Art (Bordwell and Thompson)

Course ID

Credits

Instructor

Language

Days

Hours

Term

CMM-140-M01

3

Goss

Eng

MW

17:00-19:00

Fall