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 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. N.B. Cinema 299 is required of all Cinema Studies majors.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: W. P. Day
Consent of the Instructor Required? No
Prerequisites & Notes
Note: This course is required of all Cinema Studies majors, and should be taken during the fourth or sixth semester at Oberlin (or the equivalent). It may not be taken in either of the final two semesters at Oberlin and still count toward the major.