FNA 4010 - Film and Media Studies

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
This course introduces students to film (and related media, like television and video games) as an artistic medium. Topics include basic elements of film studies (narrative, mise-en-scène, composition and image, sound); film production (film structure, director/producer roles, cinematography, acting, editing); film genres and approaches to film criticism. A history of film includes thematic, visual, sound, and technical milestones, and places that history within the context of American culture and society. Contemporary elements of film production, including synthetic media, are also explored. This course meets the following Raider Core CLO requirement: Exhibit Curiosity. (prereq: COM 1001) (quarter system prereq: GS 1001 or GS 1010H or GS 1001C or GS 1001E)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe basic elements of film making, both technical and artistic
Explain film theory and major film movements in the history of the field
Examine the relationship of film to other art forms and media
Perform interpretive analysis of film/media employing vocabulary of the field
Discuss the meaning of a work in terms of its context, viewers, audience, and society

Prerequisites by Topic

College-level writing skills

Course Topics

Elements of film studies (influences from literature, theater, and art)
Film history, including contemporary developments like synthetic media
Stages of the film production process (preproduction, production, postproduction)
Cinematography
Film editing
Sound and music
Film genres and approaches to film criticism

Coordinator
Dr. Katherine Wikoff

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