This course provides an overview of film studies by focusing on three areas: history of film, production (the basic tools of film-making), and theory (the basic vocabulary of film analysis). Students develop visual literacy through engagement with the primary structures, methods, practitioners, history, ideas, and vocabularies of film studies. Counts toward media studies concentration.
Counts Toward Major: Film and Media Studies
Counts Toward Concentrations: Media Studies, Film and Media Studies
To find books for this class, please visit the St. Olaf Bookstore.