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FS 1101 Introduction to Film
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3 cr |
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Helps students understand, appreciate, and enjoy motion pictures from their inception to the present as an art form. A beginning approach to the history, theory, and criticism of the cinema and film industry. The relationship between form and content is basic to this course.
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FS 1103 International Cinema
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3 cr |
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Introduces the student to a study of major world cinemas, including influential filmmakers, screen personalities, and motion pictures. Important films are screened, discussed, and critically evaluated.
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FS 1104 Introduction to Screenwriting: Narrative or Non-narrative Forms
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3 cr |
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Covers several approaches to analyzing, developing, critiquing, and revising screenplays. Demonstrates the unique format and qualities associated with narrative (e.g. film scripts) or non-narrative forms/genres (e.g. documentary, industrial, educational, commercial, journalistic, corporate, etc.) Prereq: Placement into ENG 1108 or completion of ENG/EAP 0099.
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FS 1106 Literature in Film
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3 cr |
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Analyzes and compares major novels, short stories, memoirs, etc. with their film versions. Emphasizes the aesthetic and interpretive similarities and differences in the two art forms. Covers the unique elements of screen adaptation.
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FS 1107 Film History I
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3 cr |
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Surveys the History of Film from the silent era through the sound era of Classical Hollywood, with special focus on filmmakers, genres, and styles. Influential films are viewed and discussed.
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FS 1108 Film History II
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3 cr |
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Surveys the History of Film from the classical studio system to the contemporary American Independents. The focus of the course is on analysis and interpretation of films and evolving national traditions of cinema. Influential films are viewed and discussed.
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FS 1115 Films of the Holocaust
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3 cr |
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Visits the Holocaust -- the decade which historians proclaim as the 20th century's most vivid example evidencing man's inhumanity to man in an industrialized society -- through a chronology of films depicting both the horror and the hope. Films include award-winning, acclaimed stories and documentaries which demonstrate bravery, inhumanity, and the will to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to maintain human dignity. Films will be followed and preceded by discussion sessions, visits from speakers and survivors, and opportunity for students to participate with humanitarian organizations and with service learning participation.
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FS 2250 Topics in Film Studies
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3 cr |
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Examines specific areas of film studies on a rotating basis using a variety of instructional methods. Course topics include, but are not limited to: Documentary Film, American Directors (Altman, Cukor, Ford, Hawks, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Sturges, Wilder, etc.) Independent Film, Film Criticism, Holocaust Cinema, Japanese Cinema, European Directors (Antonioni, Fellini, Lean, Truffaut, etc.). May be repeated under different topics.
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FS 2260 Genre Studies In Film
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3 cr |
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Examines specific areas of genre studies (Western, Crime, Film Noir, Musical, etc.) German Expressionism, French New Wave, American Silent Film, Race/Class/Gender in Film, Vietnam Cycle Films, Cult Films, Alternate Structure in Film.
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