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FILM 400

Film Theory

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelUpper Division
Standard

Overview

Description

This course moves from film theory’s beginnings in the silent era and progresses to our contemporary moment. We will pair key moments in film theory’s history with a variety of film examples to gain a theoretically sophisticated vocabulary for discussing what movies are and do.

Requirements

Prerequisites

ENG 102
Original catalog text

Prerequisites

ENG 102.

Units

Lecture3

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Cross Listed With ENG 400

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Learning Outcomes

  • critically discuss and write about the development of movements in film theory.
  • identify and define key concepts in film theory.
  • analyze works of film art using theoretical concepts.