| Description: | The course is an introduction to the history, analytic concepts, and critical vocabulary necessary for understanding cinema as a major art form of the 20th century. This course will look in particular at the history of different types of film style and storytelling, focusing on such movements and trends as early cinema, European avant-garde, classical Hollywood cinema, Italian Neorealism, French New Wave, Postmodernism. It will also examine key directors, producers, stars and other pertinent figures involved in the film industry. Along the way we will cover important developments in technology and trends in what was popular, critically acclaimed, experimental and socially relevant. |