HUM 1103 - Introduction to Film Studies

1. Appreciate an expanded cinematic repertoire through watching, discussing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating a wide variety of films.
2. Recognize film as a medium of communication and art in which there is the expression of ideas, thoughts, and feelings, in addition to being a medium of entertainment.
3. Critique both the component parts and the interplay of motion picture science, such as theme, visual design, cinematography, visual effects, editing, color, sound effects, musical score, acting, genre, and directorial style.
4. Understand the various genres of film and the characteristics of each genre.
5. Present one’s own personal interpretation and evaluation of a wide variety of films in a more critical and informed manner using knowledge and skills gained.
6. Articulate the ways in which cinema has evolved and how it has both informed and reflected the culture and society in which it was created.
7. Appreciate the ways in which film, as both a form of art and a means of communication, helps human beings better understand themselves, other people, and our diverse, shared world.

1. The concept of film as a form of art, communication, and entertainment
2. The component parts of motion picture science, including theme, visual design, cinematography, visual effects, editing, color, sound effects, musical score, acting, genre, and directorial style
3. The criteria for and requirements of appreciating, analyzing, evaluating, and critiquing film in an informed, knowledgeable, open-minded manner
4. The significance and impact of the historical context in which various films are created
5. The ways in which filmic art can be interpreted as a form of expression that teaches people what it is to be human, and what the world contains, in all of its diversity and scope