Sabrina Negri is a film scholar, archivist, and preservationist. Her current work focuses on the digital preservation of analog moving images and the evidentiary value of film materials, but her broader research interests include the history of Italian colonial cinema and issues of epistemology in detective fiction.
ARTF 5003 - Film and Literature
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Spring 2020
Explores similarities and differences between literature and film as narrative arts. Studies novels, short stories and plays and films made from them. Examines problems in point of view, manipulation of time, tone, structure, and setting. Same as CINE 4003.
ARTF 5024 - Advanced Research Seminar
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2022
Focuses on a specific topic, director, or genre chosen by the professor. Research skills and critical thinking are emphasized. With faculty guidance, students determine individual projects and present them to the class. Class participation is mandatory. Each student submits a thorough and original research paper for a final grade. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisites: CINE 3051 and CINE 3061. Same as CINE 4024.
ARTF 6959 - Master's Thesis Film
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Fall 2021 / Spring 2022
Preparation, research, writing of critical studies Master's thesis in fulfillment of concurrent BAM in Cinema Studies. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
ARTS 5717 - Graduate Studio Critique
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Spring 2019
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours with any single faculty member.
CINE 2005 - Form, Structure, and Narrative Analysis
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Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021
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 3003 - Major Film Directors
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Spring 2022
Focuses on the work of a single director or a group of related directors. Course content varies each semester. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours with departmental consent. Non-majors need instructor consent. Recommended prerequisite: students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors). Formerly FILM 3003.
CINE 3051 - Film History 1
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Intensive introduction to film history from 1895 to 1959. Topics covered include the beginnings of motion picture photography, the growth of narrative complexity from Lumiere to Griffith, American silent comedy, Soviet theories of montage, German expressionist films, and the transition to sound. Formerly FILM 3051.
CINE 3061 - Film History 2
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Spring 2021 / Spring 2022
Starts in 1959 and follows the historical growth and evolution of film aesthetics to the present. Studies Italian neorealist, French new wave, and recent experimental films, as well as the films of major auteur figures such as Bergman, Kurosawa, Fellini, Hitchcock, Bunuel, Antonioni, and Coppola. Recommended prerequisite: CINE 3051 (minimum grade D-). Formerly FILM 3061.
CINE 3940 - Cinema Studies Internship
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Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
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 4003 - Film and Literature
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Spring 2020
Explores similarities and differences between literature and film as narrative arts. Studies several novels, short stories and plays and films made from them. Examines problems in point of view, manipulation of time, tone, structure, and setting. Same as ARTF 5003.
CINE 4024 - Advanced Research Seminar
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2022
Focuses on a specific topic, director, or genre chosen by the professor. Research skills and critical thinking are emphasized. With faculty guidance, students determine individual projects and present them to the class. Class participation is mandatory. Each student submits a thorough and original research paper for a final grade. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisites: CINE 3051 and CINE 3061. Department enforced requisite: restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors) with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Formerly FILM 4024. Same as ARTF 5024.
FILM 2005 - Form, Structure, and Narrative Analysis
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Spring 2018
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.
FILM 3003 - Major Film Directors
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Spring 2019
Focuses on the work of a single director or a group of related directors. Course content varies each semester. Consult the online Schedule Planner for specific topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours with departmental consent. Non-majors need instructor consent. Recommended prerequisite: students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors). Formerly FILM 3003.
FILM 4024 - Advanced Research Seminar
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Fall 2018
Focuses on a specific topic, director, or genre chosen by the professor. Research skills and critical thinking are emphasized. With faculty guidance, students determine individual projects and present them to the class. Class participation is mandatory. Each student submits a thorough and original research paper for a final grade. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prerequisites: CINE 3051 and CINE 3061. Department enforced requisite: restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors) with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Formerly FILM 4024. Same as ARTF 5024.
