CRN	14241	Distribution	A
Course No.	FILM 114
Title	History of Cinema
Professor	John Pruitt
Schedule	Sun (screening) 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm PRE FILM Mon (screening) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm PRE FILM Tu 10:00 am – 1:00 pm PRE

Open to First-year students only. The one-year sequence, conducted as a lecture course, is designed to give the student a broad introduction to the history and aesthetics of film from a roughly chronological perspective. There are weekly screenings of major films widely acknowledged as central to the evolution of the medium as well as supplementary reading assignments which provide both a narrative history and a strong encounter with the leading critical and theoretical issues of cinema, often within a context of 20th century art and literature. While the student can take either half of the sequence, the program recommends that both parts of the course are taken, especially for any student contemplating film as a concentration. Mid-term and final exams; term paper. The second half of the sequence begins with crucial films in the transition to the technology and aesthetic of the sound film on an international scale, those by Lang, Sternberg, Bunuel, Vertov and Vigo. There follows a study of the evolution of the long-take, deep-focus aesthetic in the films of Renoir, Welles and Mizoguchi; of Hollywood genres in the films of Ford, Hitchcock, Hawks and Sturges; the rise of neo-realism in Rossellini, DeSica and Visconti; the contribution of the American avant-garde in Deren, Peterson, Brakhage, Anger, Smith, Conner and Breer; the French New Wave in Godard, Truffaut and Rohmer; the northern tradition in Dreyer and Bergman; selections of Asian filmic practice in films of Ray, Kurosawa, and Ozu; and finally, further European innovations in Antonioni, Varda, the Taviani Bros., Pasolini, et al. Readings by Bazin, Brakhage, Deren, Bresson, Sontag, et al.

CRN	14258	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 167
Title	History of Media Art
Professor	Leah Gilliam
Schedule	Th 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm PRE Wed (screening) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm PRE FILM

Cross-listed: Integrated Arts

This course is designed to introduce the student to the language and history of the moving image in its analog and digital electronic forms. It seeks to provide an overview and critique of the ways in which artists have used communication technologies (radio, portable video, television, satellites, digital/interactive media and the internet) to explore ideas of radical content and experimental form. Class screenings, presentations and discussions will investigate the issues surrounding electronic and digital media as art forms and their relationships to established art practice and society in general.

CRN	14248	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 202 A
Title	Introduction to the Moving Image II
Professor	TBA
Schedule	Mon 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm STUDIO B

A continuation of the study of basic problems (technical and aesthetical) related to the film medium.

Prerequisite: Film 201

CRN	14249	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 202 B
Title	Introduction to the Moving Image II
Professor	Leah Gilliam
Schedule	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm PRE

See description above.

CRN	14247	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 202 C
Title	Introduction to the Moving Image II
Professor	Jacqueline Goss
Schedule	Wed 9:30 am - 12:30 pm HDR 106

See description above.

CRN	14253	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 202 D
Title	Introduction to Moving Image II:FILM
Professor	Peter Hutton
Schedule	Th 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm STUDIO B

See description above.

CRN	14240	Distribution	A
Course No.	FILM 237
Title	Contemporary Black American Cinema
Professor	Aureliano DeSoto
Schedule	Tu 4:00 pm - 6:20 pm OLIN 309 Sun (screening) 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm PRE FILM

Cross-listed: AADS, American Studies, SRE

This course examines contemporary African American cinema from 1970 to 2000, tracing the movement of Black cultural producers within the independent and commercial spheres as they confront the social, political, and aesthetic dimensions of contemporary Black representation. The course focuses specifically on genre, auteur, and the figure of the star to study how film form and content come together in innovative ways in the post-sixties period. Topics include post-sixties representational politics, Blaxploitation, the black star, cross-racial buddy and black women’s films, and the crime drama. Directors studied include Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Charles Burnett, Melvin Van Peebles, and John Singleton. Mid-term exam and final paper are required for the course.

CRN	14250	Distribution	A
Course No.	FILM 241
Title	Genre
Professor	Jean Ma
Schedule	Th (screening) 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm PRE FILM Wed 10:00 am – 1:00 pm PRE

Cross-listed: Asian Studies

This course is structured around the question of what constitutes a genre in commercial narrative cinema and elaborates this question through three case studies: horror, science fiction, and the gangster film. Topics of investigation include genre as a literary category, as a cross-cultural category, repetition versus difference, affective and bodily responses, reflexivity and revisionism, and generic hybridity. Assignments will include weekly response papers, analytic essays, and an in-class exam. Priority will be given to students who have previously completed film studies courses.

CRN	14254	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM / IA 301
Title	Major Conference: Space, Sound and the Moving Image
Professor	Leah Gilliam
Schedule	Mon 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm HDR 106

Space, Sound, and the Moving Image is intended to refine students' video production skills and give students a better understanding of installation as a medium for artistic expression. Participants in this course will use video (as well as other materials and media) to design and build real environments that are meant to be experienced spatially. We will pay particular attention to using sound and light to transform existing spaces into site-specific installations. We will also attempt to use video monitors, projections, closed-circuit systems and surveillance equipment in innovative ways, and consider how to design spaces using time-based media and interactive elements.

CRN	14252	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 302
Title	Advanced Projects in Non-Linear Editing: Sound Image
Professor	Jacqueline Goss
Schedule	Th 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PRE

Two parts post-production (hands-on demonstrations, individual and collaborative sound projects and critique), one part theory (close analysis of audio and visual texts, visits, discussions, readings) this class explores the mutual influence of sound and picture in audiovisual perception. We will explore the process of building tracks on digital non-linear editing systems and in so doing investigate the technical, aesthetic and sonic relationships between sound and image in the production of cinematic, electronic and digital works. Students who wish to take the course should be familiar with the fundamentals of computer-based electronic media and should be willing to share their work with others.

Prerequisites: Film 300, Film/IA 203, equivalent experience or by permission of the instructor.

CRN	14242	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 312
Title	Scriptwriting Workshop
Professor	Adolfas Mekas
Schedule	Mon 10:00 am - 12:30 pm PRE

An intensive seminar/workshop designed specifically for someone who plans to make a narrative, documentary or avant-garde film for moderation or senior project. In a seminar setting, we will work on each student’s project to develop a concise (and interesting!) script to become a basis for a film. Pre-requisite: film-making experience and/or a very good knowledge of film history. Consultation with the professor prior to registration is a must. Limited enrollment.

CRN	14246	Distribution	C/F
Course No.	FILM 315
Title	Cinemagic IX
Professor	Adolfas Mekas
Schedule	Tu 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm PRE FILM

This is the ninth and final edition of the infamous Cinemagic class. It is a sentimental journey through the idyllic times of pre-World War II, through the horrors of war, and into the wonders and magic of cinema. Many films will be screened: some good, some very bad, and a few that will remain after we are all gone. The highlight of the course is the screening of Masaki Kobayashi's "The Human Condition," a trilogy 11 hours long, and "The Gospel According to St. Matthew," directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini from a script by St. Matthew and dialogue by Jesus Christ. Each screening will be preceded by a theme song, a short film and a long talk. Past and present political and social conditions will be recalled from a personal point of view of a man whose entire life was and still is devoted to the cultural manifestations of his generation. No pre-registration. Film Majors will have priority at registration.

CRN	14244	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 316
Title	Film Production Workshop
Professor	TBA
Schedule	Tu 10:00 am - 1:00 pm STUDIO B

Members of the class will act as a production team in planning, shooting and editing a short film. The hours will be irregular with some work on weekends. Under simulated typical production conditions, students will apply the knowledge acquired in various workshops and theory classes. Students will solve technical and aesthetic problems under the close supervision and instruction of the professor.

CRN	14255	Distribution	F
Course No.	FILM 317
Title	Film Production Workshop: Cinematography, the Film Image
Professor	Peter Hutton
Schedule	Fr 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

A junior level production workshop designed to give students working in film a more thorough understanding of a wide range of cinematic vocabularies and aesthetics that are unique to the language of film. Students will be required to finish short films that will explore the qualities of film through extensive in class exploration of film stocks, lighting techniques and cinemagraphic strategies. The class will visit a New York motion picture lab to better understand the photo/chemical implications of film in the age of digital imaging.