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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2020 |
Registration ID | HARTB110001 |
Course Title | Identification in the Cinema |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Comparative Literature |
Instructor | Feliz,Matthew C. |
Times and Days | MWF 10:10am-11:00am
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Room Location | CARP25,DAL2 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1328 An introduction to the analysis of film through particular attention to the role of the spectator. Why do moving images compel our fascination? How exactly do film spectators relate to the people, objects, and places that appear on the screen? Wherein lies the power of images to move, attract, repel, persuade, or transform its viewers? In this course, students will be introduced to film theory through the rich and complex topic of identification. We will explore how points of view are framed in cinema, and how those viewing positions differ from those of still photography, advertising, video games, and other forms of media. Students will be encouraged to consider the role the cinematic medium plays in influencing our experience of a film: how it is not simply a film’s content, but the very form of representation that creates interactions between the spectator and the images on the screen. Film screenings include Psycho, Being John Malkovich, and others. Course is geared to freshman and those with no prior film instruction. Fulfills History of Art major 100-level course requirement, Film Studies minor Introductory course or Theory course requirement. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI), Inquiry into the Past (IP), Writing Intensive; Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) Enrollment Cap: 15; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: HART Majors with Film Studies Minor; |
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