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Seminar and workshop on writing, producing, and publishing a journal. Students engage in assignments and exercises directly and indirectly related to the production of a web launch as well as a print copy of EyeCandy. Permission of instructor required based upon student's participation in EyeCandy in fall and winter quarters. Preference given to film and digital media majors and minors; others may apply based on qualifications and as space allows. Students are billed a materials fee. May be repeated for credit.
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An introduction to the basic elements, range, and diversity of cinematic representation and expression. Aesthetic, theoretical, and critical issues are explored in the context of class screenings and critical readings. Students are billed a course fee. Enrollment restricted to first-year students, sophomores, and juniors. (General Education Code(s): IH, A.)
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Introduction to the basic forms of televisual presentation, including differing narrative structure from movies and situation comedies to soap opera, plus modes of direct discourse in news, advertising, sports, music, television, and other genres. Alternative forms and modes in electronic media, such as independent video art and documentary, public television, cable, and electronic networks are explored, with their potential for expressing cultural diversity set in relation to social, cultural, and political conditions. Students are billed a course fee. Enrollment restricted to first-year students, sophomores, and juniors. (General Education Code(s): IH, A.)
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Introduces fundamental features of digital media and examines the immense visual, social, and psychological impact of the "digital revolution" on our culture. Topics include the concepts and forms of the digital hypertext interface, Internet, and web, and the impact of digital media on conceptions of the self, body, identity, and community. Students are billed a course fee. Enrollment restricted to first-year students, sophomores, and juniors. (General Education Code(s): IH, A.)
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Introduction to production process with emphasis on low-budget, independent film and video making. Explores conceptualization, planning, shooting, editing of documentary, personal essay, and feature narrative works. Emphasis on visualization and shooting style, and scriptwriting, but not hands-on editing. Open to students of varied backgrounds and goals. Students are billed a course fee. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Seminars on selected topics taught by upper-division students under faculty supervision (see course 192). Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.
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Examination of recent films classified as "thrillers" that approach technology (computers, robotics, biotech, the Internet, etc.) through suspense, anxiety, and paranoia. It will also address how technologically produced popular culture negotiates attitudes towards technological change. Students are billed a course fee. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences, A.)
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Study of selected aspects of film, television, and/or digital media. Includes weekly screenings and historical/theoretical readings. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): T5-Humanities and Arts or Social Sciences, A.)
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An introduction to classical and contemporary film theory and those theoretical paradigms and methods that have illuminated the media: formalism, realism, structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, and issues of identity and difference. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A, satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Enrollment restricted to film and digital media majors, pre-majors, and minors during priority enrollment; may be opened if space allows. (General Education Code(s): W.)
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Presents the development of silent film as a cultural form from the early period to the beginning of sound, addressing its historical evolution, technological development, aesthetic transformations, and varied cultural contexts. Students are billed a course fee. Usually offered in alternate academic years. Prerequisite(s): course 20A.
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A survey of significant developments in narrative film outside Hollywood from the advent of sound technology to the late '50s. Differing inter/national contexts, theoretical movements, technological innovations, and major directors are studied. Students are billed a course fee. Usually offered alternate academic years. Prerequisite(s): course 20A . (General Education Code(s): A.)
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A survey of significant developments in narrative film outside Hollywood from 1960 to the present. Major film movements and directors from around the world are studied. Students are billed a course fee. Usually offered in alternate academic years. Prerequisite(s): course 20A . (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Offers students historical and critical tools to investigate global film through the framework of gender. Focused in particular on contemporary film (from 1960 to present), the class is structured both chronologically and via national industries. Students cannot receive credit for this course and Latin American and Latino Studies 80I. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A. (General Education Code(s): E.)
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A survey of American narrative cinema from 1930 to 1960. Examines developments in film style, film technology, and the film industry in relation to American cultural history. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A or 20B. Offered in alternate academic years.
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A survey of American narrative cinema from 1960 to the present. Examines developments in film style, film technology, and the film industry in relation to American cultural history. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A or 20B. Offered in alternate academic years.
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A survey of various experimental styles and practices in film and video, addressing the historical developments of these media formats. The course situates experimental film and video work within the larger contexts of artistic traditions as well as networks of production and reception. Students are billed for a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A . (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Survey of the historical development of broadcast television from its origins to the present day phenomena of cable, satellite, and electronic networks. Examination of major genres, forms, and modes of production and consumption within cultural, social, and economic contexts. Offered every other year, alternating with course 136A. Students are billed for a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20B. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Explores the relationship between technology and change and surveys the history of various technologies of visual culture from print to computer based imagery and the Internet. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20C.
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Analysis of the effects of communication and information technologies on culture and cultural production through the study of systems and networks. Assignments may include papers, Internet presentations, development/participation in virtual communities, interactive multimedia. Emphasis on advanced critical and experimental approaches. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20C. Enrollment restricted to film and digital media majors. Enrollment limited to 40.
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Problems in writing for film and television are explored through the writing of original material and analysis of existing works. Various film genres, conventions, and styles, both fictional and nonfictional, are examined. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Admission by application process which may begin prior to start of quarter; application materials generally available final week of preceding quarter. See enrollment conditions section in quarterly Schedule of Classes for application dates and other application instructions that may apply. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): W.)
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Workshop that explores the director's involvement in film and video production. Topics will include the manipulation of time and space, continuity, script planning and blocking, and working with actors and crew. Students will participate in group and individual exercises in pre-production and scene direction. Prerequisite(s): courses 20A, 20P, and/or 170B are recommended. Admission by application process which may begin prior to the start of the quarter; application materials generally available final week of preceding quarter. See the enrollment conditions section in the quarterly
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Students analyze diverse narrative techniques, dramatic structures, and genre forms to understand the craft of screenwriting and prepare for their own creative writing and filmmaking. Students read finished scripts and view films. Prerequisite(s): course 120. Enrollment restricted to film and digital media majors and film and digital media pre-majors. Enrollment limited to 25.
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Concentrated study of films from one cinematic grouping with similar themes and narrative structures such as westerns, musicals, or science fiction, or a comparative study of different genres. History, theory, and criticism of the genre are covered. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 132A, 132B, 132C, 134A or 134B. May be repeated for credit. (General Education Code(s): A.)
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Explores the category of nonfiction through a historical and theoretical study of documentary in film and video. Addresses ethnographic film, Soviet and Griersonian documentary, cinema verité and/or other selected documentary texts and the issues of representation they raise. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 20A or 20B. Offered in alternate academic years.
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Intensive critical study of the work of one film auteur (director, screenwriter, actor, cinematographer). Themes, style, and structure are explored using various critical modes of analysis. Students are billed a course fee. Prerequisite(s): course 120. May be repeated for credit.
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