ARTH 3929 is also offered in Fall 2023
ARTH 3929 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2018 | ARTH 3929 Section 001: Cinema Now (34165)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 02:30PM - 04:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
West Bank Skyway AUDITORIUM
- Enrollment Status:
Open (39 of 45 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Course examines contemporary cinema, including fiction films, documentaries, animation, and avant-garde experiments. Focuses on feature-length theatrical films, but will also consider other aspects of the contemporary media world: graphic novels, video games, television series and the Internet (e.g., Youtube). Examines media production, distribution, marketing, exhibition, and reception. Course will also present a survey of developments in contemporary cinema studies, since the choice of films will support a variety of critical approaches including economic, aesthetic (generic, auteurist, formalist), ideological (race, class, gender), and reception studies.
- Class Description:
- Course examines contemporary cinema, including fiction films, documentaries, animation, and avant-garde experiments. Focuses on feature-length theatrical films, but will also consider other aspects of the contemporary media world: graphic novels, video games, television series and the Internet (e.g., Youtube). Examines media production, distribution, marketing, exhibition, and reception. Course will also present a survey of developments in contemporary cinema studies, since the choice of films will support a variety of critical approaches including economic, aesthetic (generic, auteurist, formalist), ideological (race, class, gender), and reception studies.
- Grading:
- Take-Home; Essay.
- Exam Format:
- 25% Final Exam
30% Reports/Papers
20% Written Homework
15% Attendance
10% Class Participation
- Class Format:
- 30% Lecture
50% Film/Video
10% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities One movie to be watched outside of class each week.
- Workload:
- 25 Pages Reading Per Week
1 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
12 Homework Assignment(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/34165/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 1 April 2015
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