This course provides an advanced introduction to the history of cinema from the end of the nineteenth century through the international development of film as a transformative technology, art form, and commercial medium up to the present time. We will explore major movements in cinema (including the early silent era; classical and post-classical Hollywood cinema; German Expressionism; Italian Neorealism; French New Wave; Third Cinema; Asian cinema; video and installation art.) By concentrating on the historical development of filmic mise-en-scene, the photographic image, editing, cinematography, and the relation of sound to the image, students will learn to view film as a complex audio-visual language and to understand how the combination of sound and image articulate a film’s psychological, social and ideological purposes. We will integrate our investigations of cinematic issues with those of class, gender, and race.
- Instructor: Nilgun Bayraktar
- Instructor: Topiary Landberg