24-1030 Moving Image Art

This course provides a foundation in the history and aesthetics of moving image arts. Through individual films, clips, lectures, and discussion, students analyze major film movements that contributed to the development of narrative cinema. Organized thematically, course explores aesthetic, historical, technological and ideological moving image elements and their impact on the evolution of narrative construction in cinema. Students apply principles and concepts of film language as well as notions of story premise and theme to their creative production projects.

4 Credits
COREQUISITES: 52-1151 Writing and Rhetoric I or 52-1121 International Writing and Rhetoric I or 52-1122 International Writing and Rhetoric II or COMPASS Placement Test score >= 97 or SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) score >= 710 or ACT (American College Test) score >= 30