EMAT 1203 — AMERICAN CINEMA
Through American Cinema, students will acquire a working knowledge of American film history from the silent era to the present day. in addition, they will learn to recognize and use basic technical and critical vocabulary of motion pictures, understand how the technology of the cinema relates to film art, gain a fundamental background in the economic structure of the film industry, question their own role as passive spectators, increase their ability to watch films actively and critically, and enhance their ability to think, speak, and write critically in an increasingly visual and technological culture.