◆ FILM 340 - Film History

(3 credits) Meets GEP Math/Critical Analysis Intensive.

An examination of key periods in film history. Students will trace major industrial, technological, aesthetic, traditions, and cultural developments or movements in motion picture history. Topics may include the invention of motion pictures, the establishment of a film industry and audiences, the narrativization of film, developments in the use of cinematic technique, the history of theatrical film exhibition, the establishment of national cinemas, the idea of film as art, changing notions of cinematic realism and its alternatives, and technological innovation (ex. the widespread adoption of synchronized sound). Prerequisite: FILM 140 - Approaches to Film. Grade only. Offered annually.

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