ADVANCED FILM THEORY (COMM 444)
Term: 2007-2008 Spring Semester
Schedule
Tue-Thu, 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM (1/21/2008 - 1/30/2008) Location: MAIN HAL 111
Tue-Thu, 10:05 AM - 11:20 AM (1/21/2008 - 5/14/2008) Location: MAIN HAL 116
Description
COMM 444. ADVANCED FILM THEORY. A deeper look at the medium of motion pictures from the point of view of film theorists including semiotics; realism; expressionism; auteur theory; cinema as art; montage; film as narrative; literature and adaptations to the screen; documentary and propaganda approaches; genre conventions; psychology; sociology; mythology; and ideology. Alternate years, semester course, three hours.