Film Studies
| UNIT ONE: History of Film and Cinema |
| - A look at the history, biography, and cultural
importance of film - The First 100 Years of Film documentary |
| UNIT TWO: Photography in Film |
| - Realism vs. Formalism - Shots -Angles - Light and Dark - Color -Lenses, filters, stocks, opticals, and gauges - the Cinematographer |
| UNIT THREE: Mise en Scene |
| -Frame -Composition and design -Territorial space -Proxemic patterns -Open and closed form |
| UNIT FOUR: Movement |
| -Kinetics -The moving camera -Mechanical distortions of movement |
| UNIT FIVE: Editing |
| -Continuity -Classical Cutting -Soviet montage and formalist tradition -Tradition of realism -Storyboarding |
| UNIT SIX: Sound |
| -Historical background -Sound effects -Music -Musicals and operas -Spoken language |
| UNIT SEVEN: Acting |
| -Stage and screen acting -Hollywood star system -Styles of acting -Casting |
| UNIT EIGHT: Story and Drama |
| -Narratology -The spectator -The classical paradigm -Realistic narratives -Formalistic narratives -Non-fictional narratives -Genre and myth |
| UNIT NINE: Literature |
| -The screenwriter -The screenplay -Figurative comparisons -Point of view -Literary adaptations |
| UNIT TEN: Synthesis |
| -Students work in groups to utilize all aspects of the previous nine units to produce a full length narrative story on film |