This course will explore the historical development of cinematic conventions and the theories that critics and filmmakers have developed to explain, provoke and alter those conventions. Students will view films and read essays about film. The course examines the ways that cinematic technologies and devices have shaped the stories, themes, industries and audiences that permeate contemporary film.
Objectives
This course will:
introduce students to classic films and the ways that they shaped cinematic storytelling.
develop students’ vocabulary for analyzing, interpreting and critiquing film.
contextualize the developments of filmic storytelling within historical and theoretical frameworks.
interrogate film using several approaches Christians have developed for integrating theology and filmic discourse.
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