MS 148G PO

This course develops theoretical approaches to the analysis of film as it enters the digital era. The course starts out with classic film theory and concludes with a consideration of the impact of digitization. Along the way we will learn a number of terms, theoretical concepts and methodological approaches to critically evaluate and analyze fictional films, including formalism, realism, genre, ideology, semiotics, structuralism, psychoanalysis and postmodernism. We will consider the question of how forms of analog film fare in the digital era and what is meant by the pronouncement of the "death of film." Letter grade only. Prerequisites: MS 049 PO, MS 050 PO, or MS 051 PO.

PO Area 1 Requirement, PO Speaking Intensive, Media Studies