The course will function as a seminar with members leading the discussion. 3 hours or 1 unit. The goal of this course is to develop students' abilities to view films critically and to deepen their understanding of the film experience. The course presents one film program including a feature film per week, shown in a required film lab on Mondays or Tuesdays. Section sizes are kept small enough so that each student can participate vigorously in the discussions.
Some instructors also give quizzes.
This course fulfills the General Education requirement in Literature and the Arts. This course fulfills the General Education requirement in Compositition II, Literature and the Arts, and US Minority Cultures. Typically, the coverage involves one unit each on a director, a genre, and a movement or theme. One feature film is seen and discussed each week, along with about 30 pages of outside readings and an additional outside film. The textbook is a customized photocopy reader.