Giannetti, Louis and Scott Eymon. A Brief History of Film . Students study individual films as genre pieces, learn to judge visual images, and become aware of the aesthetic aspects of the art form. This study is also designed to give the student practice in judging different types of visual stimuli. The students learn the origin and development of the motion picture and the motion picture industry and the different classifications within the form.
Students gain an appreciation for film as art and also learn how film is related to the other arts.
Students learn how film is both an outgrowth of a society and a reflection of the society that produces it. Weekly reviews of films shown in class 2. The midterm and final exam 3. Students should be in-class each class session. Failure to attend class on a regular basis will result in the student being dropped from the course.