Advanced French I: The Contemporary Francophone World Through Cinema

Harvard FAS

Enrollment in French 40 is based on placement. The course is for students who have completed French 30 or scored 461–520 on the Harvard Placement Exam; students who place into a different level should enroll in that course or contact the Course Head with questions. French 40 approaches the contemporary Francophone world through film, and students make films as well as study them. The course opens with the building blocks of cinema (framing, shot, angle, camera movement), learned through a…