ENGH 372: Introduction to Film

ENGH 372-A01: Introduction to Film
(Summer 2020)

Online

Section Information for Summer 2020

ENGH 372 - A01: Introduction to Film

ENGH 372-A01 Introduction to Film DL Cynthia Fuchs cfuchs@gmu.edu 

This class considers movies as economic, aesthetic, and political texts, within historical and cultural contexts. We will look at a variety of generic and genre-bending films in order to discuss representation (communities, individuals, authorities, ambitions) as well as cinematic and digital production and distribution (are films deemed independent or mainstream, and how is such a distinction made, by whom, and to whose benefit?).

Online blog assignments and discussions will focus primarily on formal analyses and cultural frameworks. Films and television may include Atlantics, The Babadook, Bojack Horseman, Black Lightning, The Edge of Democracy, Ex Machina, The Feeling of Being Watched, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, I Lost My Body, Jaws, Jessica Jones, Paris is Burning, Scarface (1932), The Searchers, (T)Error, Tomboy, Treeless Mountain. Fulfills Mason Core requirement for Arts.

ENGH 372 A01 is a distance education section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Introduces film medium as an art form. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Arts
Recommended Prerequisite: Satisfaction of University requirements in 100-level English and in Mason Core literature.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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