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.
2263 8:00a-12:05p F LS 152 Daughdrill E B
2264 12:45p-4:50p F LS 152 Laffey S A
FILM STUDIES 2, History of Motion Pictures 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A (Arts) • 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.
2265 1:15p-5:20p M LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme: History of American Film
2266 1:15p-5:20p T LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme: History of International Film
2267 Arrange-4 Hours ONLINE-E Hunt S E
Above section 2267 is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. Go to smconline.org for details.
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.
2268 1:15p-5:20p T AET 235 Laffey S A
Above section 2268 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street. Theme— Green Screen: Films on the Environment and Transformation
2269 1:15p-5:20p W LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme: From Beach Parties to Easy Riders: Movies of the 1960’s
4250 6:00p-10:05p W LS 152 Rosenberg V L
Theme: Classic Hollywood’s Golden Age: Movies of the 1930’s and 1940’s
FILM STUDIES 6, Women in Film 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 3A and 3B (Arts and 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 character roles have changed over time, and to examine occupation, dress, and rules of behavior.
4251 6:00p-10:05p T HSS 156 Hunt S E
Theme: Representations of Working Women
FILM STUDIES 7, American Cinema: Crossing Cultures 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Formerly Cinema 7. This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship 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.
4252 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.
4253 6:00p-10:05p M LS 152 Carrasco S
Theme: The Samurai Film: From Akira Kurosawa to Quentin Tarantino
4254 6:00p-10:05p Th LS 152 Kanin J D
Theme: American Film Comedy
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.
2270 1:00p-5:05p Th 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 • 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.
2271 1:15p-5:20p W AET 235 Poirier N P
Above section 2271 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.
2272 8:00a-9:20a MW LS 152 Noland G K
4255 6:30p-9:35p T AET 120 Somers E C
Above section 4255 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.
4256 6:30p-9:35p Th AET 120 Somers E C
Above section 4256 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
FILM STUDIES 30, Production Planning for Film and Video 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Advisory: Film Studies 20.
Formerly Cinema 3, Production Planning for Film and Video
This course is designed for students who are interested in transforming a creative concept into a practical production plan. By viewing, discussing, and analyzing scripts, television, and film, students will learn skills necessary to start production of a film or video.
2273 12:45p-4:50p Th AET 208 Daniels R
Above section 2273 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
FILM STUDIES 31, Introduction to Digital Filmmaking 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: 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.
2274 8:00a-12:05p Th AET 235 Crum J
Above section 2274 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
2275 1:15p-5:20p M AET 235 Flood S W
Above section 2275 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.
FILM STUDIES 32, Advanced Digital Filmmaking 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Prerequisite: Film Studies 31.
This course focuses on advanced techniques of digital filmmaking, allowing the student to gain increased proficiency in cinematography, lighting, sound recording, and the acquiring of images in the HD (High Definition) format. Through a series of exercises and projects, students learn the role and responsibilities of the film director during pre-production, production and post-production. Topics include the visualization of the screenplay, script breakdown, preparation of shot lists, direction of actors, and the staging of action for the camera. Each student will produce a short film (narrative or documentary), working in collaboration with other students in the class.
2276 1:00p-5:05p Th AET 235 Flood S W
Above section 2276 meets at the Academy of Entertainment and Technology, 1660 Stewart Street.