CINE 267 Film History 3: 1960s-the present

This is the 3rd course in a 3-part film history survey (aesthetic, economic, technological, and cultural) that focuses on contemporary world cinema beginning with various counter-cinemas of the 1960s, "new cinemas" of the 1970s, the rise of the entertainment economy in the 1980s, and concludes with a focus on present-day digital cinemas within a global and trans-media market. The primary goals of the survey are twofold: to help students recognize and identify particular historical approaches to understanding film; to enable students to apply a cinematic vocabulary to identify and analyze cinematic style in and across film texts and within and between film movements. Attendance at weekly Thursday screenings 5-6:50 are strongly encouraged.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Recommended: placement into WR 115 or higher

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Develop and use a cinematic vocabulary to analyze individual film texts

2. Use a cinematic vocabulary to identify and analyze film style across texts and within and between film movements

3. Recognize and explain key figures and events of/in international film history, e.g., the significance of national cinemas and modes of production

4. Situate cinematic texts within their historic, cultural, economic, and technological contexts

5. Describe key approaches to film history: aesthetic, cultural, technological, and economic analysis

6. Use an inquiry process to develop questions pertinent to the study and analysis of film history