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.
2174 8:00a-12:05p F LS 152 Lemond J W
2175 12:45p-4:50p T AET 235 Hunt S E
Above section 2175 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
2176 12:45p-4:50p F LS 152 Laffey S A
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.
2177 9:00a-1:05p Sat LS 152 Daughdrill E B
Theme: History of American Film
2178 1:15p-5:20p Th LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme: History of American Film
4293 6:00p-10:05p M LS 152 Carrasco S
Theme: History of International Film
4294 6:00p-10:05p Th LS 152 Cooling C J
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.
2179 1:15p-5:20p M LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme— The Fabulous Fifties: From Elvis Presley to Marilyn Monroe, From Marlon Brando to James Dean
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.
4295 6:00p-10:05p T AET 235 Hunt S E
Above section 4295 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Theme— 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.
4296 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.
2180 1:15p-5:20p W LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme—Mirth of a Nation: American Film Comedy
4297 6:00p-10:05p W LS 152 Rosenberg V L
Theme—Horror and Fantasy Films: Exploring our Dreams, Fears, and Nightmares
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.
2181 12:45p-4:50p Th AET 235 Laffey S A
Above section 2181 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Theme— Films of Social Protest: Michael Moore, Oliver Stone and Hal Ashby on Screen
2182 1:15p-5:20p T LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme— The Films of Stanley Kubrick
FILM STUDIES 11, Literature into Film 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC Area 3B (pending) • Prerequisite: English 1.
In this course students will explore literary classics on screen, comparing the narrative dynamics of cinema and literature by comparing the text with the film. In so doing students will gain an understanding of the text to film adaptation process, the expressive powers of each, and each medium’s unique potentialities and deficiencies. Selected novels, short stories, plays, and nonfiction works will be examined as each evolves into film.
Film Studies 11 is the same course as English 11. Students may earn credit for one but not both.
2183 1:00p-5:05p W AET 235 Poirier N P
Above section 2183 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
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.
2184 8:00a-9:20a MW LS 117 Galloway S C
4298 6:30p-9:35p T AET 120 Somers E C
Above section 4298 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
4299 6:45p-9:50p M LS 110 Somers E C
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.
4300 6:30p-9:35p Th AET 203 Somers E C
Above section 4300 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
FILM STUDIES 31, Introduction to Digital Filmmaking 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisites: None.
This is an introductory, hands-on course covering the basic techniques of digital filmmaking, Topics will include the theory and practice of visualization, camera technique, lighting, sound recording, directing, and other fundamentals of producing a short film in the digital video medium. Students will engage in various filming exercises, as well as in group and individual projects.
NEW 3217 8:30a-12:35p T AET 208 Flood S W
Above section 3217 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
2185 1:00p-5:05p M AET 235 Flood S W
Above section 2185 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.