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HUM 103 - Introduction to Film Art

Credits: 3
(Formerly: HUM 151) Studies the relationships among film’s stylistic systems, narrative systems and audience reception. Students view, discuss and critically analyze a variety of films which represent key historical and aesthetic periods as well as a variety of genres and themes. The course incorporates the vocabulary stylistic systems (for instance, cinematography, editing and art direction) and narrative systems (for instance, story structure and character motivation) as both relate to the kinds of meanings a film conveys. Three credits.