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FS 100

Introduction to Film Study

3 units

Winter 2027 · FS 100 LEC B1, B2, B3: Introduction to Film Study; TBD · Course preview · Future term

Topics

  • Film form
  • Cinematography
  • Editing, sound, and narrative
Winter 2015

Topics

  • Mise-en-scène
  • Cinematography
  • Editing
  • Sound
  • Genre
  • Film acting
  • Narrative
  • Film-form analysis

Readings

  • Maria Pramaggiore and Tom Wallis. Film: A Critical Introduction, 3rd edition. London: Allyn & Bacon, 2011.
    required
  • Screening: Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg, Australia, 1971, 100 min.)
    unspecified
  • Screening: La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir, France, 1937, 114 min.)
    unspecified
  • Screening: Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, France, 1960, 89 min.)
    unspecified
Sources