Lecture—3 hour(s); Laboratory—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—2
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001 and/or CDM 003
recommended. Introduction to filmmaking concepts,
principles, and methods. Emphasis on form, content and historical
dialectic between classical narrative filmmaking conventions and
artists’ challenges to these conventions. Not open for
credit to students who have taken CTS 020. GE
credit: AH, VL. Effective: 2019 Winter Quarter.
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; film viewing—3 hours.
Analysis of film form and narrative, including cinematography,
editing, and sound. Issues in film studies, including authorship,
stardom, race, gender, class, and cultural identity. Includes
introduction to selected cinematic movements and national film
traditions. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, OL, VL, WC, WE.
Lecture-2 hour(s); Discussion-1 hour(s); Film Viewing-3 hour(s).
History of representations of vampires and horror generally from
the 19th-21st centuries. Emphasis on transnational history of the
horror genre; psychologies of horror effects; issues of race,
gender, and class; intersections with prejudice, medicine,
modernity. (Same course as GER 045.) GE credit: ACGH, AH, DD, OL,
VL, WC, WE.
Seminar—4 hours. Prerequisite: lower division standing and
consent of instructor. Study of a special topic in film studies
in a small class setting. May be repeated for credit if topic
differs. (P/NP grading only).
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): FMS 001. Exploration of
representations of Italian-American identity in American (U.S.)
cinema. Analysis of both Hollywood and independently produced
films, especially as they represent ethnicity, gender, and social
class of Italian Americans. Not open for credit to students
who have taken HUM 120. GE
credit: ACGH, AH, DD, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2012 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): FMS 001; and upper division
standing, or consent of instructor. Italian cinema of the
21st century in the context of profound cultural and social
changes in Italy since World War II. Productions by
representative directors such as Amelio, Giordana, Moretti,
Muccino are included. Knowledge of Italian not required. GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2012 Fall Quarter.
Prerequisite: course 1 and upper-division standing, or consent of
instructor. Italian cinema of the 21st century in the context of
profound cultural and social changes in Italy since World War II.
Productions by representative directors such as Amelio, Giordana,
Moretti, Muccino are included. Knowledge of Italian not required.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Discussion/Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001 or CDM 002
recommended. Special topics in cinema & digital
media. May be repeated up to 2 time(s) when topic
differs. GE
credit: AH, VL, WE. Effective: 2019 Fall
Quarter.
German filmmakers of the 1960s-1980s such as Fassbinder, Herzog,
Syberberg, Brückner, Schlöndorf, Kluge, Wenders. Knowledge of
German not required. May be repeated for credit with consent of
instructor.
Prerequisite: course 1. Exploration of German cinema from 1945 to
1980, when the Nazi past was a central theme. Includes study of
postwar “rubble films,” escapist “homeland films,” and New German
Cinema of the 1970s (including films by Fassbinder, Kluge,
Syberberg, and Herzog).
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; film viewing—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 1, upper division standing, or consent of instructor.
Group study of a special topic in film, focusing on a national
tradition, a major filmmaker, or a specific era. May be repeated
three times for credit. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH,
OL, VL, WE. —F, S. (F, S.) Clover, Constable, Fisher,
Heyer-Caput, Lu, Simmon, Smoodin
Prerequisite: upper division standing or consent of instructor.
Study of a special topic in film studies in a small class
setting. May be repeated for credit if topic differs.
Variable—1-5 hours; independent study—3-15 hours. Prerequisite:
senior standing; GPA of at least 3.500; consent of instructor.
Guided research on a topic in Film Studies in preparation for the
writing of an honors thesis in course 195H or the creation of an
honors project in course 196H. May be repeated two times for
credit. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)