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Nov 21, 2024
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2018-2019 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Film Studies Minor
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Program Learning Outcomes
Production
Students should:
- understand how to operate basic production equipment including video cameras, lighting equipment, sound recording devices and post-production editing software
- understand basic concepts of storytelling, and how to write, plan, direct, shoot and edit short form films and focus on the development of the creative process in the digital video medium, and understand the social impact of storytelling and the power of providing exposure to those not often heard in the media
- develop the ability to articulate ideas through the use of images and sound in film/video and should develop an understanding of the language of film
- understand how to work collaboratively to create media projects that reflect their ability to work together and produce work that is greater than the sum of its parts
History & Theory
Students should:
- be able to explain the key developments and genre differences in film history
- be able to explain how these key developments were and continue to be embedded within larger cultural, economic, political, and social conditions around the world
- be able to analyze and critically discuss the aesthetic quality of contemporary videos and films and should understand the formal and rhetorical devices to understand film language on its own terms
- gain an understanding of film as artistic expression and understand how film, as an art form, fits into art history
- recognize and be able to define key analytical concepts in Film Studies, including but not limited to: political economy, globalization, hegemony, culture, ideology, representation, aesthetics, rhetoric, reception, text, genre, myth, interpretation
Minor Requirements (20 Units)
Students must obtain a grade of “C” or higher in every class in the minor and may not count pre-requisite courses in which a grade of “C-” or lower is obtained.
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