The Language of Hollywood: Styles, Storytelling, and Technology
FILM 307
Fall 2012
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This history course explores how fundamental changes in film technology affected popular Hollywood storytelling. We will consider the transition to sound, to color, to widescreen, and the current "digital revolutions." Each change in technology brought new opportunities and challenges, but the filmmaker's basic task remained the emotional engagement of the viewer through visual means. We will survey major directors and genres from the studio era and point forward to contemporary American cinema. Our aim is to illuminate popular cinema as the intersection of business, technology, and art. Through film history, we will learn about the craft of filmmaking and how tools shape art. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA FILM |
| Course Format: Lecture | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (FILM-MN)(FILM) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
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Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
This course emphasizes film viewing, but supplementary readings will be provided to students by the professor.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Midterm, final, and two papers |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This class is open to all Wesleyan students. Film Majors will attend a special discussion session. |
| Instructor(s): Higgins,Scott Times: ..T.R.. 09:30AM-12:30PM; Location: CFS100; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 400 | | SR major: 50 | JR major: 50 | | |
| Seats Available: 202 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 50 | JR non-major: 50 | SO: 100 | FR: 100 |
| Web Resources: Syllabus |
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