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Academic Year 2004/2005

Film Noir
FILM 309 FA

This course is an in-depth examination of the period in Hollywood's history in which the American commercial film presented a world where "the streets were dark with something more than night." Course will study predominant noir themes and visual patterns, as well as the visual style of individual directors such as Fuller, Ray, Mann, Lang, Ulmer, DeToth, Aldrich, Welles, Tourneur, Preminger, Lewis, et al., using their work to address how films make meaning through the maniputlation of cinematic form and narrative structure.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Basinger,Jeanine D.   

Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-04:30PM;     Location: AWKS010;

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 24)

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing

Permission:    Permission of Instructor Required

Last Updated on MAR-21-2005

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