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Academic Year 2000/2001


Classical Film Theory
FILM 340 FA

This class will roughly encompass attempts by critics and filmmakers to come to terms with cinema as an art form during the first half of the 20th century. These authors asked fundamental questions about the nature of film, questions that should be of interest to any student of film: defining film's essential properties, affect on spectators, artistic uses of the medium, et al. Theorists include Arnheim, Bazin, Kuleshov, Dziga Vertov, Eisenstein and Burch.

MAJOR READINGS

FILM AS ART, Rudolf Arnheim
WHAT IS CINEMA, Volume I, Andre Brazin
WHAT IS CINEMA, Volume II, Andre Brazin
THE FILM SENSE, Sergei Eisenstein
THE FILM FORM, Sergei Eisenstein

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

TBA

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

FILM MAJORS ONLY. Attendance is required. Film showings. There is a course fee of $40.00.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA FILM    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Higgins,Scott P.   
Times: .M.W... 01:00PM-04:00PM;     Location: AWKS010
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 24)
SR. major:    Jr. major:
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO:    FR:

Special Attributes:
Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts
Permission:    Permission of Instructor Required
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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