FILM AS ART 2010-2011

First Semester I. Film as Art A. Personal Film Inventory/How Can Film Be Art? B. AFI Top 100 American films C. Film terms and techniques D. Film terms and techniques test II. American Cinema A. The Hollywood Style B. The Star C. Romantic Comedy D. Film Noir E. The Western F. The Combat Film G. The Studio System H. Film in the Age of Television I. The Film School Generation J. The Edge of Hollywood Second Semester III. Film Techniques A. Form and meaning 1. Fail Safe 2. Dr. Strangelove Montage and mise-en-scene B. Montage and mise-en-scene 1. Battleship Potemkin 2. The General C. Chronological and non-chronological time D. The nature of conflict in plot IV. Film Movements A. Early Hollywood B. German Expressionism C. French Impressionism/Surrealism D. Soviet Montage E. Interwar French Film F. Italian Neorealism G. Japanese Film H. Swedish Cinema I. British Film J. French New Wave VI. Film Project