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Your search for courses · during 2023-24 · taught by cdonelan · returned 4 results
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CAMS 100 American Film Genres 6 credits
In this course we survey a number of popular American film genres, including but not limited to the western, the musical, the woman’s film, the war film, horror and science-fiction. Who defines genres? What are the conventions and expectations associated with various genres? What is the cultural function of genre storytelling? Do genres change over time? Assignments aim to develop skills in film analysis, research and writing. Requirements include two screenings per week.
Held for new first year students, Extra time
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CAMS 100.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Carol Donelan 🏫 👤
- Size:15
- M, WWeitz Center 231 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 231 2:20pm-3:20pm
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CAMS 110 Introduction to Cinema and Media Studies 6 credits
This course introduces students to the basic terms, concepts and methods used in cinema studies and helps build critical skills for analyzing films, technologies, industries, styles and genres, narrative strategies and ideologies. Students will develop skills in critical viewing and careful writing via assignments such as a short response essay, a plot segmentation, a shot breakdown, and various narrative and stylistic analysis papers. Classroom discussion focuses on applying critical concepts to a wide range of films. Requirements include two screenings per week. Extra time.
Sophomore Priority. Extra Time required for screenings
- Fall 2023, Winter 2024
- Literary/Artistic Analysis Writing Requirement
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CAMS 110.00 Fall 2023
- Faculty:Carol Donelan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 132 1:15pm-3:00pm
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Sophomore Priority
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CAMS 110.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Carol Donelan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- T, THWeitz Center 132 1:15pm-3:00pm
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Sophomore Priority
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CAMS 186 Film Genres 6 credits
In this course we survey four or more Hollywood film genres, including but not limited to the Western, musical, horror film, comedy, and science-fiction film. What criteria are used to place a film in a particular genre? What role do audiences and studios play in the creation and definition of film genres? Where do genres come from? How do genres change over time? What roles do genres play in the viewing experience? What are hybrid genres and subgenres? What can genres teach us about society? Assignments aim to develop skills in critical analysis, research and writing.
Sophomore Priority Extra Time, Evening screenings
- Winter 2024
- Literary/Artistic Analysis Writing Requirement
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CAMS 186.00 Winter 2024
- Faculty:Carol Donelan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 132 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 132 2:20pm-3:20pm
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Sophomore Priority
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CAMS 225 Film Noir: The Dark Side of the American Dream 6 credits
After Americans grasped the enormity of the Depression and World War II, the glossy fantasies of 1930s cinema seemed hollow indeed. During the 1940s, the movies, our true national pastime, took a nosedive into pessimism. The result? A collection of exceptional films populated with tough guys and dangerous women lurking in the shadows of nasty urban landscapes. This course focuses on classic American noir as well as neo-noir from a variety of perspectives, including mode and genre, visual style and narrative structure, postwar culture and politics, and race, gender, and sexuality. Requirements include two screenings per week and several short papers.
Extra Time required. Evening Screenings.
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CAMS 225.00 Spring 2024
- Faculty:Carol Donelan 🏫 👤
- Size:25
- M, WWeitz Center 132 1:50pm-3:00pm
- FWeitz Center 132 2:20pm-3:20pm
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