FILM 112 Introduction to Film History: Genres and Movements Units: 3.00
This course introduces students to film studies through a survey of film movements and genres from the beginnings of the 20th century to the present. Through the study of the history of cinema as both technology and artform, this course will examine key historical sites of formal development, experimentation, generic codification, social transgression, and political and ideological expression.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 60 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Exclusion FILM 110/6.0*.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Interpret elements or narrative, style, and rhetoric of films of multiple genres and historical periods.
- Analyze films according to historical conventions of form and genre.
- Identify key moments in the social, cultural, and technological history of film.
- Examine the formal, cultural and social legacies of film movements, genres and cultures in a historical context.
- Formulate interpretive responses to films from different social and historical settings.