Film Studies

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.

4053   6:00p-10:00p TWTh   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.

1359   8:00a-12:00p TWTh   LS 152   Cooling C J

Theme: History of American Film

1360   1:00p-5:00p TWTh   AET 235   Poirier N P

Above section 1360 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.

1361   1:00p-5:00p TWTh   LS 152   Hunt S E

Theme— Hunks and Heroes: Masculinity in Cinema

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.

1362   12:30p-2:35p MTWTh   AET 120   Somers E C

Above section 1362 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.

4054   6:30p-9:30p TWTh   AET 120   Somers E C

Above section 4054 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.

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