It’s not too late to sign up! Julie Wyman’s Spring 2015 seminar still has space. Face to Face with Independent Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival is now open to students at all levels (3/5/15).

CRN: 35116 
Course: 004-007
Units: 2
Day/Time: R 1:40 PM-2:30 PM
Room: Art Annex 112

Instructor: Julie Wyman, Cinema and Technoculture, College of Letters and Science

Description

This course is for students who are curious about independent film: films produced without the support of film studios or television networks, that expand the film medium’s range of stories, topics, and stylistic approaches. You can be a filmmaker or prospective filmmaker, or simply a film-lover or someone who’d like to better understand the way that films get “out there” to audiences. Through an initial set of course meetings (weeks 1-2) where we discuss recent independent films and their distribution cycle, students become familiar with different genres of film (narrative, documentary, experimental), and begin to understand the ways that filmmakers distribute their films to a wide audience, including the role of film festivals. The course includes two Friday field trips (wks 3-4) to our local San Francisco International Film Festival.

Click on “Seminar Schedule: Spring 2015″ on the CETL page, to see the complete course description (and other seminars scheduled for Spring 2015), assignments, grading, and instructor bio. 

First-year seminars are initially open to students with 45 units or less; however, during Pass Two, instructors can admit students who have up to Senior standing. Read more about all first-year seminars.