Fall 2023  |  ARTH 3929 Section 001: Cinema Now (20568)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2023 - 12/13/2023
Mon, Wed 12:20PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 220
Enrollment Status:
Open (27 of 35 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/20568/1239
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
1 April 2015

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