FMST 100 - Introduction to Cinema

Units: 3

An introduction to four elements of cinema: 1) defining categories such as “genre,” “foreign,” “silent,” “mainstream,” and “abstract;” 2) organizing structures of film such as narration, composition, sound, editing, and dramatization; 3) theories used to “read” films such as psychoanalysis, semiotics, and cultural studies; 4) production issues such as storyboarding, shooting, lighting, editing, and sound mixing. Production of a short video required.

Satisfies GE area: C1