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Topics vary. Consult Class Schedule section note or the Unit for Cinema Studies. Specific sections are approved for S/U grading only. Check the Class Schedule for a list of these sections. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary.
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Examination of the history, theory, and aesthetics of African-American filmmaking from the silent era to the present. Films are analyzed within their sociocultural contexts, with particular attention to how constructions of race, identity, and community interact with class, gender, and sexuality; and the link between film and other forms of Black expressive culture. The impact of African-American film on popular culture, links to the African Diaspora, and relations with other communities of color will also be discussed. Same as
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History and theory of animation in the cinema and other media. Prerequisite: One college-level Cinema Studies course or consent of instructor.
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Survey of the development of equipment, techniques, and themes of the cinema from its origins through the coming of sound; lectures, discussions, and showings of selected films.
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Survey of the development of equipment, techniques, and themes of the cinema from the coming of sound to the present; lectures, discussions, and showings of selected films.
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An introduction to the cinemas of China (PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Japan and South Korea from the point of view of shared themes, aesthetics and cultural concerns. Concentrating on theatrical fiction films from across the region, the course will focus on such issues as nationhood, family, the role of women, responses to colonialism, post-colonialism, national trauma and responses to modernization among other concerns. In addition, the course will examine the artistic traditions that give these cinemas their cultural aesthetic particularities. Same as
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Study of major aesthetic and critical theories about film; study of theory and practice of film criticism. Prerequisite: One cinema studies course at the 200- or 300-level and one college course in literature, or consent of instructor.
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Selected topics focusing on various aspects of Judaism and Jewish culture as it has been portrayed in world cinema along with an examination of the contributions of selected Jewish artists to the cinema. Prerequisite: One college course in literature or cinema studies.
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Topics of critical and historical issues in cinema and related screen media; topics vary and typically include genres, historical movements, and thematic studies. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Prerequisite: One college-level Cinema Studies course or consent of instructor.
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Examines the influence of Japan's traditional aesthetics on its cinema and surveys its major film movements, genres, and directors. Same as
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Individual research for majors in Cinema Studies leading to the completion of a thesis. 3 undergraduate hours. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite: Senior standing, a declared Cinema Studies option in the Interdisciplinary Studies major, and consent of advisor.
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