Perspectives on Film I

(2.5,3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

FS 10010 Perspectives on Film I at UCD; This course will introduce students to the appreciation of cinema in its many dimensions: as medium of story, as aesthetic form, as artistic practice, as historical document, as social mirror, and as discourse on ideas of nation. Using a mixture of contemporary and classic films, it examines a range of issues and approaches in the academic study of film, enabling students to familiarize themselves with important writing and thinking about cinema. It will develop students' understanding of how film works formally and stylistically and of cinema's relationships with society, politics, and culture.