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7. First-Year Seminars in Film and Media Studies<
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20. Film History I (Silent to Sound)<
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22. Film History III (1960 to present)<
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31. Filmmaking I: Basic Elements of Film<
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33. Writing for the Screen I<
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35. Animation: Principles and Practice<
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37. Directing for the Camera<
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39. Advanced Videomaking (Documentary and Experimental)<
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41. Genre<
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43. The Film Creator: Directors, Producers, Actors, Writers<
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45. U. S. Television History<
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47. Topics in Film and Media Studies<
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80. Independent Study<
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95. Honors Project<
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08F: 3A 09X: Arrange This course examines all the processes which go into the creation of a film, from its inception as a treatment and screenplay to its distribution as a film. Experts (writers, directors, actors, cinematographers, and distributors) may talk on various areas of expertise. The course will offer an in-depth analysis of classic films and different kinds of films, including an explanation and use of the key technical and critical concepts used in understanding them. Open to all classes. Limited to 75 students. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Lawrence, Williams. 7. First-Year Seminars in Film and Media Studies
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S 20. Film History I (Silent to Sound)
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09W: 10A 10W: 3A A detailed history of film beginning with the golden age of the U.S. studio system and its major genres. Among the topics and films considered will be the rise of sound film; Hollywood in the 30s; the impact of World War II; neo-realism; film noir; the blacklist; the impact of television and the decline of the studio system; Japanese cinema; the emergence of European auteurs; beginnings of the French New Wave. Open to all classes. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Desjardins. 22. Film History III (1960 to present)
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08F: 10A This documentary workshop will explore in depth the rich world of nonfiction film and video production. Working in groups, students will tackle a variety of technological, aesthetic and ethical issues intrinsic to the medium. Each group will produce one 10-minute non-fiction narrative. The class will utilize standard professional production models, which require intense collaborative teamwork and the distribution of tasks and responsibilities. Open to all classes; enrollment limit of 15. Permission granted by the instructor after the first day of class, on the basis of an application submitted before the end of the previous term. Supplemental course fee required. Dist: ART; WCult: W. Brown. 31. Filmmaking I: Basic Elements of Film
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08F, 09F: 3A A workshop course in film production, with students, working alone or in collaboration, required to complete a project for showing at the end of the term. Weekly class meetings will include analysis of film classics and work in progress, as well as critical discussions with visiting professionals. Prerequisite: Permission granted by instructor after the first day of class and if you have taken Film Studies 31. Supplemental course fee required. Dist: ART. Brown. 33. Writing for the Screen I
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09S, 10S: 10A A continuation of Film Studies 33 in which the student is expected to complete a full-length screenplay begun in that course. Continued work on the methods of writing, particularly on character development and plot rhythms. Permission is granted by the instructor and if you have taken Film Studies 33. Dist: ART. Phillips. 35. Animation: Principles and Practice
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S The basic techniques and theories of portable and studio video production. The course covers the basics of developing a video project from idea through realization on the screen. Students are expected to produce several projects which emphasize ideas outside the traditional narrative and documentary forms, and are encouraged to develop their own form of aesthetic expression. Students show and critique their work in class weekly in preparation for a final project and public screening. Permission is granted by the instructor after the first day of class, on the basis of an application submitted before the end of previous term. Supplemental course fee required. Limited to 15 students. Dist: ART. Ruoff. 37. Directing for the Camera
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S A workshop course in two-dimensional film animation, with the individual student required to complete an animated short with synchronized sound for showing at the Animation Festival at the end of the term. Weekly class meetings will focus on conceptualizing, storyboarding and scheduling the various stages of production, frame-by-frame analysis of sound, advanced animation techniques, and critiques of ongoing work. Prerequisite: Film Animation I or previous animation experience. Permission of the instructor required. Supplemental course fee required. Dist: ART. Ehrlich. 39. Advanced Videomaking (Documentary and Experimental)
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09W: 3A 10W: Arrange This course is designed to introduce the film and television studies major to some of the field’s major scholarly methodologies and their theoretical value in explaining how texts, industries, creative artists, and audiences participate in meaning-making processes. Students will read scholarship and participate in projects that illuminate how meaning is created and negotiated at the levels of industrial production, artistic creation of texts, and audience knowledge and engagement. The screenings, readings, and assignments will ask the student to think about the relations among his/her own position as a scholar, as an audience member, and as a creative artist. This knowledge provides a foundation for critical thinking skills necessary for the student’s success in the major. The course is designed for students who have had some introductory exposure to the principles of film and/or television aesthetics and production techniques, but before they have completed their upper division major requirements. Dist: ART. Williams. 41. Genre
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08F: 3A 09W: 2A, 2A 09S: 2A 09F: 3A Focus on a specific national cinema or a particular period of a national cinema. May be repeated for credit with a different topic. Dist: ART (unless indicated otherwise); WCult: Varies. In 08F (Section 2), Korean Film (Identical to, and described under, Korean 63). In 09W (Section 1), 100 years of Song and Dance? A History of Popular Hindi Cinema. This course will chart the history of India’s mainstream Hindi-language film industry (“Bollywood”). With its melodramatic plots and extravagant song and dance sequences, Bollywood is often dismissed as escapist fare. However, popular Hindi films have a long history of engagement with national politics, drawing on diverse international cinematic and musical traditions. Films will include the nationalist classic Mother India (1957); romantic hits such as Shree 420 (1955) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959); films of the “angry young man” oeuvre like Zanjeer (1973) and the “curry western” Sholay (1975); and contemporary family dramas like Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003) that address themselves as much to the Indian diaspora as to audiences in the sub-continent. Sundar In 09W at 2A (Section 2), Faces of Totalitarianism: A History of a Nation through a History of a Medium (Identical to, and described under, Russian 14). In 09S, Asian Animation. This course will feature the most interesting of works from China. Japan, Korea, Mongolia, India and Iran and students will analyze them within a socio-political and cultural context. Ehrlich. In 09F, Continental Strangers: European Exiles and Emigrés in Hollywood, 1933-1950 (Identical to, and described under, German 43). Gemünden. 43. The Film Creator: Directors, Producers, Actors, Writers
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Not offered in the period from 08F through 10S Using the student’s exposure to television as a starting point, this course will examine prominent critical issues regarding television as an industry, as a narrative form, and as a cultural institution. Analytic viewing of past and present programs, assigned readings in books and periodicals, and lectures from scholars and industry veterans will be among the materials used as the basis for discussion and critical writing. A historical understanding of the medium will be emphasized. Dist: ART; WCult: W. 45. U. S. Television History
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