CINE 299 - Persistence of Vision: Approaches to Cinema Studies

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 4HU, WR
This course will explore a variety of approaches to cinema studies as a discipline, including issues involving production. In addition to close discussion of a variety of movies, theoretical and critical readings will include works on aesthetics and the nature of cinema, the history of cinema as an art form and an industry, and cultural and social issues in cinema studies. We will also play close attention to the issue of writing about cinema.
Enrollment Limit: 20
Instructor: G. Pingree
Prerequisites & Notes
Cinema Studies majors who declare after July, 2009, are required to take CINE 298 and CINE 299, which together form the foundation for the major. CINE 298 and CINE 299 should be taken: 1) in sequence, as the gateway to the major, 2) by the end of the sophomore year, 3) before declaring the major, and 4) before studying abroad/away.

NB: CINE 299 is offered Spring semester ONLY in 2011-12.