First Year Seminar: The Dreams We See/Film and Society

Abstract

A Syllabus for a course on film and society including essays, 11 film reaction papers, and a group film analysis project. The topics covered in this course include: Early History of Film, the social analysis of film, the thematic analysis of film, the language of film, how useful is film theory?

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Details

Subject Area(s):

Visual Sociology

Resource Type(s):

Syllabus

Class Level(s):

College 200

Class Size(s):

Any

Learning Goals and Assessments

Learning Goal(s):

1. !. to Learn how to analyze the social meanings of fictional films; 2. to carry out research assessing the impact of film on its audience;
2. 3. To survey fictional film in America since 1915;
3. 4. To learn how to write about these issues in a clear and credible fashion