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Film Media (FLM)
Sample Course Descriptions
101 Introduction to Film Media (3)
Introduction to techniques of film
practice, film history, genres, analysis of film texts, and reading of
film images in their aesthetic, cultural, and literary context
110 Introduction
to Film Media Production Technologies (4)
Introduction
to single-camera field production styles and aesthetics with emphasis
on camera operation, lighting and editing by means of fundamental critical
studies, field projects, studio supervision and experience.
203 Film Theory (3)
An introductory survey of classical and contemporary
approaches to film theory and criticism.
204 History of Film I (3)
A survey
of world cinema from its invention in the 1890s to the
early 1950s, examining the production, distribution, and exhibition of
narrative, documentary, and experimental among other forms of film.
205
History of Film II (3)
A survey of world cinema from the
1950s to the present time, examining the production, distribution, and
exhibition of narrative, documentary, and experimental among other forms
of film.
351 Topics in Film Media Production (4)
Application of one or
more production technologies in film media genres and analysis
of their aesthetic implications.
352 Topics in Film Media Critical Studies (4)
Critical examination of historical, theoretical and
aesthetic topics in world cinema.
401 Field Experience in Film Media (1-6)
Structured academic work in a business, industry, educational,
or agency setting under the supervision of a faculty advisor.
451 Advanced
Topics in International Film Media (4)
Study of international
film genres from one or more national, regional, or diasporic cultures
and traditions. Emphases on theoretical, historiographic, and
media research methods.
491 Directed Studies in Film Media (1-6)
Directed study for students wanting to do advanced
work in film media. Individual research and reports on problems of special
interest
495 Seminar in Film Media (3)
An intensive, interdisciplinary
capstone course; exploring writings and ideas about film
across two or more fields of study; or examining cross-cultural themes
and issues in world cinema.
The following are related courses in other departments which count toward both the film media major and minor.
African and African-American Studies
352 Black
Images in Film
Art
204 Digital Art and Design I
215 Video
and Filmmaking I
Art History
374 Topics in Film
376 History
of Animation
377 History of Experimental Film
Communication
Studies
341 Documentary Film Pre-Production
342 Documentary
Film Production
346 Social and Cultural Aspects of Media
414 Rhetoric
of Sports in Film
445 Media Advertising
English
205D Creative Writing:
Screen Writing
245 Introduction to Film Decades
300A Literature
into Film: Drama
300B Literature into Film: Narrative
302 Topics in Film
Theory and Criticism
303 Cinematic Auteurs
304 Film Genres
305D Advanced
Creative Writing: Screenwriting
451 Advanced Topics in International
Film Media
Journalism
110 Introduction to the Mass Media
230 Introduction
to Radio and Television News
Women’s
Studies
350 Special Topics: Women & Film