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Film Studies
6FS 151 (I, II-3) Cinema and Society: An Introduction to Hollywood Film
Study of American film from the silent era to the present. Students learn basic terms of film criticism and study how social, economic, and political factors have driven the development of film as a popular art form. Topics include the early history of movie culture, the development and collapse of the studio system, the production code, the advent of color and sound, the communist witch-hunt by HUAC, the competition with television, and the rise of independent cinema.
6FS 152 (I, II-3) European Cinema
An examination of the wide array of styles and movements in Western European cinema. We study individual films and directors in the contexts of broader artistic movements such as impressionism, expressionism, and surrealism, and the historical events that influenced them. The course begins with a review of key terms and concepts in film studies.
6FS 281, 282 (I, II-3) Topics in Film Studies
Topics such as Silent Film, Film Noir, The French New Wave, The Films of Alfred Hitchcock, and Race and Gender in Film vary from year to year. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: FS 151 or 152.