A historical survey of film theories and criticism, including formalist and structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, and queer theory. Genre theory and theories of spectator-ship and audience response will also be considered.
FILM 311
Required once per week film screening time to complement
FILM 310.
FILM 310
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) This course will allow students to study a particular area of film criticism, history, or theory, or consider a specific national cinema.
FILM 321
Required once per week screening time to complement
FILM 320.
FILM 320
(3 lecture, 1 film screening) An introduction to key theories and methods of analysis in genre studies or auteur theory, focusing on a particular genre or a particular director.
FILM 331
Required once per week film screening time to complement
FILM 330.
FILM 330
This hands-on course introduces students to the basics of the short-film production process: from scripting, development, shooting, editing, to marketing.