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Film History & Form
10 001 | CCN: 15580
Location: Dwinelle 142
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 1-3:30pm
This course is an introduction to the early history of world cinema (from its nineteenth-century prehistory to the sound cinema of the 1930s) and to the interpretive skills necessary for close analysis of film. Topics considered will... More -
Documentary Forms: Contemporary Documentary
125 001 | CCN: 15583
Instructor: Jaimie Baron
Location: Etcheverry 3107
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 10:00 am - 12:29 pm
In an era marked by information overload and epistemic uncertainty, documentary films continue to serve as a potent means of examining, interpreting, and communicating the many facets of our rapidly transforming social world. Contemporary Documentary will immerse... More -
Media Technologies
155 001 | CCN: 13632
Instructor: Nicole Starosielski
Location: Cory 241
Date and Time: M, TU, W, 2-4:30pm
This course will focus on the history, theory, and experience of old and new media technologies. ... More -
Special Topics in Film: Genre Romantic Comedy
171 001 | CCN: 14628
Instructor: Booth Wilson
Location: Dwinelle 188
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 1-3:30pm
In this course, we will consider a selection of films and related scholarship from the history of the romantic comedy genre. First, we’ll spend a week considering some useful critical frameworks: the place of romance or the... More -
Pitch to Production
176 001 | CCN: 13620
Instructor: J. Mira Kopell
Location: Dwinelle 142
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 9am - 12pm
Students are introduced to the basic concepts, terms and principles of producing so that they can effectively and efficiently develop their own projects. Unit topics include development, project proposals, budgeting/funding strategies, pitch decks, elements of the production... More -
Entertainment Law
177 001 | CCN: 14757
Location: Dwinelle 142
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 3:30-6pm
The practice of entertainment law in the United States lies at the intersection of a number of legal disciplines, among them Constitutional law, tort law, copyright law, and trademark law, and applies those disciplines to the world... More -
Film & Media Professions
178 001 | CCN: 13622
Instructor: Brett Fallentine
Location: Dwinelle 142
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 1-3:30pm
This course is designed to give those interested in film and media careers an introduction to the wide range of professional possibilities that exist in the Bay Area and beyond. Centered around a series of 10–12 guest... More -
Film and Media Theory
20 001 | CCN: 14788
Instructor: Miles Taylor
Location: Dwinelle 142
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 10:00 am - 12:29 pm
This course is intended to introduce undergraduates to the study of a range of media, including photography, film, television, video, and print and digital media. The course will focus on questions of medium “specificity” or the key... More -
Television Studies
45 001 | CCN: 14627
Instructor: Emily West
Location: Dwinelle 188
Date and Time: TU, W, TH, 9 - 11:30am
This course introduces students to the field of television studies and focuses on developing skills in three areas: ideology critique, genre study, and formal analysis. First, we’ll focus on texts that describe and model these three areas... More