Formerly Cinema. Also see courses listed under Broadcasting, Communication, Journalism and Speech.
FILM STUDIES 1, Film Appreciation: Introduction to Cinema 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC Area 3A (Arts) • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Formerly Cinema 9.
This course will introduce the art, technology, language, and appreciation of film, exploring the varieties of film experience, film and the other arts, and the ways of viewing. Students will learn about the basic cinematic techniques and structures, including mise-en-scene and montage, use of cinematic time and space, the image, soundtrack, and the script. Consideration will also be given to analyzing the fundamentals of film production, directing, acting, and editing; how the elements of the production process are analyzed separately, then brought together to show how they create the emotional and intellectual impact of the film experience. Film examples will be screened in class.
This course is intended as a beginning course to introduce students to cinema.
2201 12:45p-4:50p Th AET 235 Hunt S E
Above section 2201 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
2202 12:45p-4:50p F LS 152 Laffey S A
4272 6:00p–10:05p Th LS 152 Flood S W
FILM STUDIES 2, History of Motion Pictures 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Formerly Cinema 1.
A broad survey is made of the history, theory, techniques, and development of motion pictures. The history of film as a major art form and its major artists, works, and styles are emphasized. Film examples are screened in class.
2203 9:00a-1:05p Sat LS 152 Daughdrill E B
2204 1:15p-5:20p M LS 152 Daughdrill E B
Theme: History of American Film
2205 1:15p-5:20p W AET 235 Poirier N P
Above section 2205 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Theme: History of American Film
4273 6:00p–10:05p M LS 152 Carrasco S
Theme: History of International Film
4274 6:00p–10:05p T AET 235 Cooling C J
Above section 4274 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Theme: History of American Film
FILM STUDIES 5, Film and Society (3,3) 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Formerly Cinema 5. Maximum of 3 units awarded for UC credit.
This course presents motion pictures as reflections and influences of American society. Films are often selected from specific decades and analyzed as records of social attitudes shaping the present and past.
2206 1:15p-5:20p T LS 152 Flood S W
Theme: The New American Cinema, 1967-1976
4276 6:00p–10:05p W LS 152 Rosenberg V L
Theme: Sexual Politics in Classic Hollywood Movies
FILM STUDIES 6, Women in Film 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None.
Formerly Cinema 8.
This course is a historical study and survey of the multiple and varied images of women in film. Students will screen and analyze films over seven decades, beginning with the 1930s. Students will also read, discuss, and write about women’s roles in these films. The focus is to analyze the representation of women in each film screened, to discuss how characters’ roles have changed over time, and to examine occupation, dress, and rules of behavior.
2207 1:00p-5:05p M AET 235 Hunt S E
Above section 2207 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Theme: Representations of Working Women in Film
FILM STUDIES 7, American Cinema: Crossing Cultures 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Formerly Cinema 7. This course satisfies Santa Monica College’s American Cultures requirement.
This course surveys American motion pictures that have been made by filmmakers representing three United States ethnic groups, including African Americans, Latino Americans, and Asian Americans. Students will also analyze Hollywood’s treatment of those ethnic cultures throughout film history.
4277 6:00p–10:05p T LS 152 Carrasco S
FILM STUDIES 8, The Popular Film Genres (3,3) 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Formerly Cinema 2. Maximum of 3 units of UC credit awarded for this course.
This introductory course surveys the development and artistic, social, and entertainment ingredients of basic film genres. Emphasis on such types as the science-fiction film, western, gangster film, crime and detective thriller (“film noir”), musical, comedy, or horror film varies each term.
2208 8:00a-12:05p F LS 152 Cooling C J
Theme: The Western
2209 1:15p-5:20p W LS 152 Simmons R D
Theme: Crime and Detective Thrillers (“Film Noir”)
FILM STUDIES 9, The Great Film Makers (3,3) 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Formerly Cinema 4. Maximum of 3 units of UC credit awarded for this course.
This course covers a limited number of film directors, writers, producers, and/or actors, examining their work in artistic, social, and historical terms. The course content and emphasis changes each term.
2210 12:45p-4:50p T AET 235 Laffey S A
Above section 2210 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Theme: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, Master of Suspense
2211 1:15p-5:20p Th LS 152 Lemond J W
Theme: The Films of Stanley Kubrick and Martin Scorsese
FILM STUDIES 20, Beginning Scriptwriting 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • Prerequisite: English 1.
Formerly Cinema 11A.
This course is designed to teach the student the basic tools of scriptwriting for film, television, or theater, focusing on the aesthetic and commercial demands of each medium.
2212 8:00a-9:20a MW LS 117 Galloway S C
4278 6:30p–9:35p M AET 120 Somers E C
Above section 4278 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
FILM STUDIES 21, Advanced Scriptwriting 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: Film Studies 20.
Formerly Cinema 11B.
This course is designed to provide intermediate level training in skills required to create scripts for film, television, or theatre. Techniques of writing and marketing scripts are explored.
2213 9:30a-10:50a TTh LS 119 Somers E C
4279 6:30p–9:35p T AET 120 Somers E C
Above section 4279 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.