HUM1045 — American Film
HUM 1045 - American Film HUM 1045 - American Film Hours/Week: Lecture 3 Lab 0 Internship hours per week 0 Course Description: American Film is an introductory film studies course designed to bring American filmmaking into clear focus as an art form, an economic force, and a system of representation and communication. The course explores how American films work technically, artistically, and culturally. Course activities ask students to analyze the deeper meaning of American movies - the purpose of genres, the social and psychological effects of Hollywood film style, the mutual influence of society and popular culture - and how they represent social, political, and/or economic inequities. Included in this course are examples of major American filmmakers, film genres, film theories, film techniques, and the historical and cultural events related to production, exhibition, styles, and content of films in the United States from 1895 to the present. MnTC Goals Goal 6 Goal 7B Introduction to American Film: From Spectacles to Stories 2. The Emergence of Cinema as an Institution 3. Classical Hollywood Cinema: Narration 4. Classic Hollywood Cinema: Cinematography 5. Classic Hollywood Cinema: Style 6. The Studio System and the Star System 7. Introduction to Genre: Comedy 8. Melodrama 9. The Musical 10. The Western 11. War and Cinema 12. Horror and Science Fiction 13. Politics, the 1960s, and When Independent Films Become Commercial Successes 14. The Film School Generation 15. Digital C