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Course # (Section)
Title
Day/Times
Instructor
Room
PosTag(s)
Info
AS.061.103 (01)
Navigating the Entertainment Industry: A Preparation for Intersession
W 6:00PM - 7:00PM
DeLibero, Linda (Linda)
Gilman 77
Navigating the Entertainment Industry: A Preparation for Intersession AS.061.103 (01)
This course prepares students for FMS’s Intersession field trip to Los Angeles, and also serves as an introduction to the professional skills necessary to navigate a career in film, television, and other fields of entertainment. Through discussion, hands-on practice, and guest lectures with FMS alumni, students will learn how to find their way in a complex industry, how to present themselves and their work, how to choose the right path, and how to cultivate the connections and opportunities they’ll need to succeed. We will also discuss what to expect and how to make the most of the week-long intersession course, which introduces students to alumni in a range of professions in film, television, and entertainment. Meets 6 times during the semester. Required for students planning to enroll in The Entertainment Industry in Contemporary Hollywood. Open to all FMS majors and minors.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Instructor: DeLibero, Linda (Linda)
Room: Gilman 77
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/12
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.061.140 (01)
Introduction to Cinema, 1892-1941
MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM, F 12:00PM - 2:30PM Screenings, W 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Ward, Meredith C
Hodson 305 Hodson 311
Introduction to Cinema, 1892-1941 AS.061.140 (01)
This course explores the fundamentals of film analysis and encourages students to embark on an exploration of the first half of our first century of movies. It teaches the basic elements of film form, as well as their use in films across the globe from the turn of the twentieth century through the start of World War II. Movements discussed include the silent comedy of Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd, moody German Expressionism, the playful anarchy of Surrealism, the fundamentals of editing with Soviet Montage, the beauty of French poetic realism, the rule-breaking of Pre-Production Code cinema, the work of the young Alfred Hitchcock, and, of course, highlights of classical Hollywood filmmaking.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: MW 12:00PM - 1:15PM, F 12:00PM - 2:30PM Screenings, W 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: Ward, Meredith C
Room: Hodson 305 Hodson 311
Status: Open
Seats Available: 8/35
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.061.145 (01)
Introduction to Digital Video Production: Visual Language
W 3:30PM - 5:50PM, T 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Yasinsky, Karen (Karen)
Gilman 75
FILM-PROD
Introduction to Digital Video Production: Visual Language AS.061.145 (01)
This course is a study of the visual language used to create a moving picture. Through screenings and discussion of films, videos, and related readings, students will develop a visual critical facility and will demonstrate this facility in a few response papers to screenings and video projects. The course will focus on image construction, including composition, framing, movement inside the frame and use of light as well as use of sound. Students will learn to be attentive to rhythm and tempo in picture editing and sound. In-class video assignments included, in which students will work in small groups of three.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 3:30PM - 5:50PM, T 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: Yasinsky, Karen (Karen)
Room: Gilman 75
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): FILM-PROD
AS.061.166 (01)
Lights, Camera, Action: The Female Gaze
Th 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Bucknell, Lucy
Lights, Camera, Action: The Female Gaze AS.061.166 (01)
This mini-course will offer an introduction to the basics of film analysis through a survey of films directed by women. In-class screenings and emphasis on discussion over lecture. Short weekly written responses. No prior experience in film studies required; non-majors welcome. This one-credit course will meet September 2, 9, 16, 23, and will be graded Pass/Fail. Due to the limited number of meetings, perfect attendance is required.
Credits: 1.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: Th 5:00PM - 8:00PM
Instructor: Bucknell, Lucy
Room:
Status: Open
Seats Available: 13/55
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.061.219 (01)
Special Topics: Animation Workshop
M 1:30PM - 3:50PM
Yasinsky, Karen (Karen)
The Centre 216
Special Topics: Animation Workshop AS.061.219 (01)
Students will produce several animations using hand-made techniques, including drawing
animation, paper puppets and stop-motion. Screenings and readings will provide a historical and conceptual context to the exploration of animation as an experimental technique within both narrative and non-narrative works.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 1:30PM - 3:50PM
Instructor: Yasinsky, Karen (Karen)
Room: The Centre 216
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/10
PosTag(s): n/a
AS.061.226 (01)
Special Topics: Writing About Film
T 3:00PM - 5:20PM, Th 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
DeLibero, Linda (Linda)
Hodson 303
FILM-CRITST
Special Topics: Writing About Film AS.061.226 (01)
In this workshop, students will learn to write effective and engaging critical and analytical essays about contemporary and classic films, developing and honing interpretive skills, aesthetic criteria, and a distinctive voice. This semester’s readings, films and discussions will specifically explore film acting, performance and stardom over time and across cultures. Students will submit a series of short draft essays to the class for workshop and critique, learning to revise and edit their own work and to thoughtfully critique others’. Fulfills the Film and Media Studies expository writing requirement. Lab Fee: $50
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:20PM, Th 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: DeLibero, Linda (Linda)
Room: Hodson 303
Status: Waitlist Only
Seats Available: 0/8
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST
AS.061.240 (01)
Hybrid Cinema: Spaces Where Documentary and Fiction Meet
T 12:00PM - 2:30PM
Porterfield, Matthew
The Centre 206
FILM-CRITST
Hybrid Cinema: Spaces Where Documentary and Fiction Meet AS.061.240 (01)
From the films of Robert Flaherty, Jean-Luc Godard, Agnes Varda and Andy Warhol, through the work of Peter Watkins, Ulrich Seidl, Jia Zhangke, Lizzie Borden, Pedro Costa, Abbas Kiarostami, Kevin Jerome Everson, Sacha Baron Cohen and Chloé Zhao, this course explores the dominant techniques, the aberrations, and the virtues and limitations of hybrid filmmaking. Topics discussed include the ethics of representation, the significance of craft, questions of selection, narrative hegemony, the nature of performance, and the porous boundaries between documentary and fiction film. Students will be guided in their own hybrid filmmaking experiments throughout the semester.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 12:00PM - 2:30PM
Instructor: Porterfield, Matthew
Room: The Centre 206
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/10
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST
AS.061.267 (01)
Cultural History of the Internet
M 2:00PM - 4:20PM
Stine, Kyle J.
The Centre 208
FILM-CRITST, MSCH-HUM
Cultural History of the Internet AS.061.267 (01)
This course offers an introduction to internet studies through the many ways digital culture has touched our everyday lives: memes, blogs, gaming, social networking, instant messaging, and more. From its origins in connecting scientific researchers to its present form as a multi-device, multi-platform web connecting us to everything from each other to our smart homes, the internet has proven that nearly our entire social world can be processed as data and linked up. While this has meant greater connection, it has also raised questions about how we learn, communicate, behave, and organize. The internet has long promised new avenues of personal expression, but it has also brought with it the quandaries of echo chambers, information silos, and disinformation campaigns. In response to these complicating effects, the course offers an opportunity for students to develop the critical mapping tools necessary to orient oneself within this vast cultural network and its rapid historical unfolding.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Lower Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 2:00PM - 4:20PM
Instructor: Stine, Kyle J.
Room: The Centre 208
Status: Open
Seats Available: 7/30
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST, MSCH-HUM
AS.061.312 (01)
The Fallen World: Morally Complex Storytelling
T 3:00PM - 5:20PM, M 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Bucknell, Lucy
Gilman 50 Hodson 311
FILM-SCRWRT
The Fallen World: Morally Complex Storytelling AS.061.312 (01)
A workshop devoted to creating complex characters in challenging moral landscapes. Students will view and discuss a wide range of films; and creative assignments may include profiles, short fiction, monologues, and dramatic scenes for the screen. Short critical and creative written exercises, and a longer, creative final project.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: T 3:00PM - 5:20PM, M 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: Bucknell, Lucy
Room: Gilman 50 Hodson 311
Status: Open
Seats Available: 1/9
PosTag(s): FILM-SCRWRT
AS.061.323 (01)
Masculinities
M 3:00PM - 5:30PM, S 7:00PM - 9:30PM Screenings, Th 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Bucknell, Lucy
Bloomberg 178 Gilman 186
FILM-CRITST
Masculinities AS.061.323 (01)
From tap dancer to gangster, assassin to anguished teen, versions of the male in film from the silent era to the present. Cross-listed with Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. One core course in Film and Media Studies is preferred but not required.
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: M 3:00PM - 5:30PM, S 7:00PM - 9:30PM Screenings, Th 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: Bucknell, Lucy
Room: Bloomberg 178 Gilman 186
Status: Open
Seats Available: 5/15
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST
AS.061.382 (01)
Explorations in Film Sound
W 2:00PM - 4:30PM, W 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Stine, Kyle J.
Hodson 303
FILM-CRITST
Explorations in Film Sound AS.061.382 (01)
This course traces the history of the soundtrack from Vitaphone at the coming of sound to Dolby Stereo in the New Hollywood era to the fully immersive, atmospheric sound systems of today’s cinemas and home theaters. We consider major theories on the relationship between sound and image, the production of sound space, the role of the voice in cinema, and the effects of film music. Assignments will engage with the materials through both analytical reflection and short creative sound production. Screenings and examples are likely to include early sound classics, such as Sunrise (1927) and 42nd Street (1933); notable international innovators, such as The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933) and A Man Escaped (1956); pathbreaking stereo entries, such as Fantasia (1940) and Apocalypse Now (1979); recent exemplars of film music, such as In the Mood for Love (2000) and Morvern Callar (2002); and films that reflect on the very nature of sound recording, such as The Conversation (1974) and The Lives of Others (2006).
Credits: 3.00
Level: Upper Level Undergraduate
Days/Times: W 2:00PM - 4:30PM, W 7:30PM - 10:00PM Screenings
Instructor: Stine, Kyle J.
Room: Hodson 303
Status: Open
Seats Available: 2/15
PosTag(s): FILM-CRITST
AS.300.399 (01)
Cinema and Philosophy
TTh 12:00PM - 1:15PM
Marrati, Paola, Meyer, Marshall (Marshall)
Gilman 75
Cinema and Philosophy AS.300.399 (01)
What do films and philosophy have in common? Do films express, with their own means, philosophical problems that are relevant to our experience of ourselves and the world we live in? This term we will study such issues with a particular focus on questions of justice, truth, revenge, forgiveness, hope, hate, and fear.
Documentary Photography in a Changing China AS.310.210 (01)
This course aims to inspire students to explore the impacts, meanings, and explanations of social transformation in contemporary China, via the lens of documentary photography. The photographic images of selective topics will include the products of photojournalism and documentary photography, and several documentary films, by both Chinese and non-Chinese photographers. While one picture is worth thousand words, one picture may also provoke countless interpretations. Students are strongly encouraged to read broadly about different aspects of social transformations in contemporary China, and to select and curate their own subjects of photo images. The spirit of comparative study of documentary photography of China and other parts of world will be strongly encouraged. Active class participation is imperative. A small exhibition on the campus will be organized by the Spring semester. The course is designed for upper division undergraduates. Cross-listed with Sociology and International Studies (CP).
