FILM 105 - Media Aesthetics

3 units
3 hours lecture
Recommended Preparation: ENGL B
Credit, degree applicable
Transfer CSU, UC

This course introduces students to close analyses of film and television texts and includes broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture. Students explore the diverse possibilities presented by the cinematic art form through an examination of a wide variety of productions, national cinemas, and film movements. Topics include modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology and critical analysis.