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CS92PROD
The Language of Hollywood: Styles, Storytelling, and Technology
FILM 307
Fall 2014
Section: 01  

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.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA FILM
Course Format: LectureGrading Mode: Graded
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (FILM-MN)(FILM)
Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89%

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