Does not fulfill General Education ARTS lab requirement. See department chair. Students focus on the relationships among sight, sound and motion. An examination of the techniques, aesthetics, forms, functions, effects and value questions related to cinema as a creative art. Major American and international film makers and major genres covered.
Odd years Fall.
Genres examined in course will vary. Emphasis on accuracy, clarity and comprehensiveness of reporting. Even years Spring. Odd years Fall. Examines major theories of film criticism, including the work of Kracauer, Bazin, Eisenstein, Arnheim, Barthes and Metz.