CINE 1502 - Introduction to Cinema Studies
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Spring 2021 / Fall 2021
Introduces basic media literacy by exploring the technical and aesthetic principles behind the production, analysis and interpretation of films. Explores comprehension and thinking about movies critically as technological, cultural and artistic products. Study of films in different social and historical contexts and discussion of the importance of movies as cultural products. Formerly FILM 1502.
CINE 2005 - Form, Structure, and Narrative Analysis
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022
Analyzes the form and structure of narrative, experimental non-narrative, and documentary films. Familiarizes students with the general characteristics of the classic three-act structure, principles of adaptation, form and content of experimental films, structural approaches, and the basic formal, narrative, and rhetorical strategies of documentary filmmaking. Formerly FILM 2005.
CINE 3002 - Major Film Movements
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Spring 2025
Historical-aesthetic survey dealing with various styles, movements, genres or national cinemas. Can be taught in conjunction with the appropriate language department. Typical offers are in the French, the German or the Russian films, etc. Also offers detailed approaches to specific styles, subjects or genres: film comedy, melodrama, the Western, women filmmakers, German expressionist cinema, Italian neorealism, etc. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours within the same term with departmental consent. Formerly FILM 3002.
CINE 3043 - Topics in Critical Film Studies
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Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Prepares students for advanced Film Critical Studies work. Subject matter varies from semester to semester. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours, provided topics are different. Formerly FILM 3043. Recommended prerequisite: CINE 1502.
CINE 3051 - Film History 1
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Fall 2019 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
Intensive introduction to world film history from its emergence in 1895 through the transition to sound, and up to 1959. Topics include the earliest single-shot films of the Lumiere brothers , the development of film narrative, French Impressionism, German Expressionism, Soviet montage, American silent comedy, Hollywood's classical studio era, italian neorealism, and postwar "art house" cinema, and major trends in in experimental and documentary filmmaking. Formerly FILM 3051.
CINE 3061 - Film History 2
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Spring 2020 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Spring 2025
Intensive introduction to world film history from 1960 to the present. Topics covered include the rise of art cinema; the decline and resurgence of Hollywood filmmaking; the expansion of filmmaking to the developing world; film movements such as Direct Cinema, "New Wave" cinemas, and Dogma 95; and the impact of globalization and digital technologies on film making and film consumption. The main focus is narrative cinema but the course also explores major trends in experimental and documentary filmmaking. Formerly FILM 3061. Recommended prerequisite: CINE 3051 (minimum grade C-).
CINE 3104 - Film Criticism and Theory
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025
Surveys the range and function of film criticism, introduces major positions and concepts of film theory and focuses on students' abilities to write about film. Same as HUMN 3104.
CINE 3940 - Cinema Studies Internship
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025
Provides students with professional internship experiences with film, video, new media production companies, governmental agencies, production units, audio recording studios and new media industries. Students will be responsible for securing their own internship position. May be repeated up to 9 credit hours. Recommended prerequisite: CU GPA of at least 2.00 and upper-division standing and a 3.00 GPA as a BA or BFA Cinema Studies major. Formerly FILM 3940.
CINE 4959 - Honors Senior Thesis
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Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025
For exceptional Film Studies majors who wish to write an honors thesis based on independent research or creative work under the direction of a faculty member. Formerly FILM 4959.
FILM 3104 - Film Criticism and Theory
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Spring 2019
Surveys the range and function of film criticism, introduces major positions and concepts of film theory and focuses on students' abilities to write about film. Same as HUMN 3104.
HUMN 3104 - Film Criticism and Theory
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Spring 2019
Surveys the range and function of film criticism, introduces major positions and concepts of film theory and focuses on students' abilities to write about film. Same as CINE 3104.
