A survey of the basic elements of cinema including mode of production, narrative structure, stylistic design, camera and marketing.

Overview of techniques for pre-production, production, and post-production of video and film emphasizing location shooting for short movies.

Adaptations of novels, short stories and/or plays into cinema. Historical and cultural contexts of production and reception of books and films are emphasized.

Characteristics of one or more established movie genres such as documentary, film noir, science fiction, new wave cinema, horror, comedy and others. The genre selected may vary based on the instructor's area of interest or expertise. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes.

Screening and analysis of feature-length films from the works of an individual director or a small group of directors. Analysis involves subject matter, themes, and content as well as technical choices and style, marketing, distribution, and reception of the motion pictures. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes.

Reading, viewing, and research in a selected film period, style, or other matter of cinema. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes.

An individualized, contracted program of work planned in conjunction with a faculty member.

The motion picture industry from the silent era to 1967. American and foreign films and film clips are analyzed to emphasize chronological, technical, structural, economic, thematic and cultural connections.

Planning, primarily location shooting, editing, and public screening of group video projects. Prior experience with cameras, lighting, audio, and editing expected.

American and foreign films and film clips are analyzed to emphasize chronological, technical, structural, economic, thematic, and cultural connections.

Representative films from countries other than the United States. Major directors, movements, and periods of Africa, Asia, Australia, Central and South America, and Europe are covered.

Cinema explored from the perspective of a specific academic area in addition to film studies. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes.

The representation of race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, or other matter of cultural difference in films. Critical and theoretical readings provide framework to interpret cinema in a variety of genres. May be repeated for credit if the topic changes.

Various methodologies of film interpretation described and applied, including early definitive entries to the field and some or all of the following: auteur, genre, star studies, psychoanalysis, feminism, viewer response, semiotics, narratology, new historicism, and cultural studies.