Most students spend the bulk of film watching time looking at genre films.
Genre films are modern day myths which function not merely as escapist diversions but more significantly as cathartic fulfillments of audience expectations. The films will be analyzed in terms of dramatic conventions and cinematic and iconographic elements, and older genre films compared with more contemporary ones so as to highlight the essence of the genre as well as how it has evolved over time in the ever-changing world in which we live. A Short Guide to Writing about Film by Timothy Corrigan, on reserve in the Swirbul Reserve Desk. Films There will be about six or more required films to be viewed outside of class. Some copies will be available in the Dept of Communications Equipment Office, Bldg 112 for borrowing on a rotating basis.