FLM101 Introduction to Film and Screen Studies
This introductory course will provide students with an understanding
of film and its evolution. Students will gain an understanding of narrative
and non-narrative analysis and will learn elements of the film production
process, including authorship, cinematography, film editing, lighting and
sound. Students will also study approaches to film theory and criticism
and develop their critical thinking and writing skills via a series of
visual, aural and written exercises and analysis. For more information
contact the instructor: Mary Conlon: maryconlon@uri.edu
(click here for her latest
syllabus)
or Jerry DeSchepper: shep@etal.uri.edu
FLM203 Film Theory
This course is an introduction to the basics of film theory and film
criticism. It will be a survey of the major theories about film ’Äî ranging
from those which focus on the cinema text and the formal aspects of the
medium itself to the far broader approaches of cultural and ideological
studies. Each week of the semester will be devoted to a different theme
(a theoretical work or school of thought) and will involve readings, lectures
and discussions relevant to that particular theme. There will be in-class
screenings of films each week that relate to the issues and concepts being
examined through the week’Äôs theme of study, and students will have an opportunity
to apply the theoretical knowledge gained to films viewed. These films
will also be available for individual viewing in the Library. For more
information contact Olivier Vocino: vocino@uri.edu
FLM204 History of Film I
Moving pictures have been around for just over one hundred years. This
course will survey the history of film from the time of the invention of
the projected moving image and the earliest directions taken in film form
(in the pioneering works of Edison, Melies and the Lumiere brothers) until
the mid-twentieth century. It will trace the evolution of the film medium
itself (cinematography, editing, use of sound and so on) and will follow
corresponding developments in the technology. Broader issues will also
be examined such as the increasingly complex systems and means of production,
distribution and exhibition. The evolution of narrative structure as well
as changing perspectives of critical responses to cinema will also be covered.
Significant and representative examples of films, such as The Great Train
Robbery, Voyage to the Moon, Broken Blossoms, The 39 Steps, Stagecoach,
Double Indemnity, and Singin’Äô in the Rain, will be screened for analyses
and discussion. For more information contact Jerry DeSchepper: shep@etal.uri.edu
FLM205 History of Film II
This course is a continuation of FLM204 and covers the history of film
from the mid-twentieth century up to the present time. It begins by examining
the challenges facing the film world in the 1950’Äôs?the introduction of
network television, the breakup of the monopolistic studio system in America,
and competition from foreign film companies?and it will take into account
corresponding developments in film technology. Broader issues will also
be covered such as internationalism in the financing and marketing of film:
new forms of narrative; and the changing perspectives of critical responses
to cinema. Significant and representative examples of films, such as On
the Waterfront, The Graduate, Breathless, Rashomon, 8 _, 2001: A Space
Odyssey, Raise the Red Lantern and Star Wars, will be screened for analyses
and discussion. For more information contact Jerry DeSchepper:
shep@etal.uri.edu
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