Spring 2017 Course Catalog FILM & MEDIA STUDIES Spring 2017 Preliminary Course List (Updated 1/5/17)
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Film and media studies Spring 2017 Course Catalog FILM & MEDIA STUDIES Spring 2017 Preliminary Course List (updated 1/5/17) Required Courses Core Course: FMS 21/ILVS 52. Global History of Cinema (requirement for FMS majors) Core Course: FMS 23/Sociology 40. Media and Society FMS 199. FMS Senior Project (requirement for FMS majors taking two-semester Senior Thesis/ Project capstone) Elective Courses THEORY FMS 40. Media Theory FMS 94-05/EXP 53 Documentary: History, Theory and New Directions ILVS 70. Intro to Visual Studies PRACTICE Drama 15. Makeup Design and Application EXP 51. Advanced Documentary Practice EXP 150. The Future of Magazines (This is a five week, half-credit course that runs from March 28 through April 25, 2017. ) FMS 31. Film/Media Production II (formerly Filmmaking 2) FMS 33/Drama 77. Screenwriting I FMS 39/Dance 77. Dance on Camera FMS 41/English 7. Creative Writing/Journalism FMS 42/English 11. Intermediate Journalism FMS 94-02/CSHD 143-08. Creating Children’s Media FMS 94-04/EXP 58. Special Topics: Social Marketing FMS 134/Drama 178. Screenwriting II FMS 136/Drama 158. Directing for Film FMS 138. Advanced Filmmaking (By consent only. Contact [email protected]) Studio Art: Selected courses at the SMFA in Video/Film, Computer Graphics, Photography, etc. (requires approval of FMS Director) NON-U.S. FMS 76/Arabic 57. Arab and Middle Eastern Cinemas FMS 77/Italian 75. Italian Film FMS 78/Japanese 80. Japanese Film FMS 83/Drama 51. Latino Theater and Film FMS 84/JS 142/ILVS 103. Jewish Experience on Film FMS 175/Arabic 155. Visualizing Colonialism FMS 194-01/Spanish 192 A. Literature and Film of Post-Civil War Spain Spring 2017 Complete FMS Course List FMS 94-01/German 92-01/192-01. Special Topics: Kafka and Film FMS 194-02/Japanese 191-01. Special Topics: The World of Hayao Miyazaki French 92. Love and War in French Cinema UPPER LEVEL ENV 150. Environment, Communication and Culture FMS 84/JS 142/ILVS 103. Jewish Experience on Film FMS 134/Drama 178. Screenwriting II FMS 136/Drama 158. Directing for Film FMS 138. Advanced Filmmaking (By consent only. Contact [email protected], x73384.) FMS 161/Sociology 185. Seminar in Mass Media Studies: Digital Hate FMS 163/Political Science 104. New Media, New Politics FMS 175/Arabic 155. Visualizing Colonialism FMS 177/Religion 100. Religion and Film FMS 186. How Films Think FMS 194-01/Spanish 192 A. Literature and Film of Post-Civil War Spain FMS 194-02/Japanese 191-01. Special Topics: The World of Hayao Miyazaki FMS 194-03/Music 0197-03. Dark Places: Sound and Music in SciFi and Noir FMS 194-04/Psychology 196-03. Media and Early Childhood Development FMS 194-05/EXP 102. Advanced Digital Media (By consent only. Contact [email protected], x73384.) Music 0193-01. 1960s Spies in Music and Media Political Science 118-05. How Campaigns, Communications, and Organizing Can Impact Our World ADDITIONAL ELECTIVES Dance 92-06. Special Topics: Dance and the Hollywood Musical ENG 84-01. Black Comedy FMS 52/Child Development 167. Children and Mass Media FMS 94-03/EXP 56. From 'Why Not' to Wi-Fi: a History of American Broadcasting FMS 99. Internship (By consent only. Contact [email protected], x72007.) FMS 195. Directed Study (By consent only. Contact [email protected] or [email protected]) Music 151/FMS 176. Video Game Music VISC 1006 (SMFA). Histories of Film/Part Two—1955 to present VISC 2022 (SMFA). Neo-Noir and Its Contexts VISC 2025 (SMFA). History and Aesthetics in Hitchcock VISC 2028 (SMFA). Theorizing Film and Gender FMS Spring 2017 Course Descriptions FMS 21 Global History of Cinema Malcolm Turvey MW 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. (screening) W 6 to 10 p.m. or F 9 to 1 p.m. (Cross-listed w/ ILVS 52) History of cinema beginning with the emergence of the technologies for making and exhibiting films around 1894 and the major genres of early cinema (1895-1904); the development of "classical" narrative film in the US in the 1900s and 1910s; the creation of alternatives to classical cinematic storytelling in the 1920s in France, Germany, the Soviet Union and elsewhere; the rise of documentary and experimental film; and the coming of synchronized sound in the late 1920s. European responses to the increasing political turmoil in the lead-up to WWII in the 1930s; Japanese popular traditions of filmmaking, the impact of WWII on film history; the emergence of Italian Neo-Realism and "modernist" art cinema in the late 1940s and 1950s; the New Waves of the late 1950s; and political modernist, post-colonial, feminist and other radical forms of filmmaking that arose in response to the political crises of the 1960s. Survey of world cinema since the 1970s, focusing on the changes that have occurred in mainstream Hollywood filmmaking and the work of filmmakers in Hong Kong and other non-western countries. (Required for majors. This course counts toward the Arts distribution requirement.) FMS 23 Media and Society Sarah Sobieraj TUTH 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. (Cross-listed w/ SOC 40) Social and economic organization of the mass media of communication. Effects on content. Themes of mass culture. Social composition of the audience. Effects of the media on the audience. Topics such as television, films, the press, books, magazines, and advertising. (This course counts toward the Social Sciences distribution requirement.) FMS 31 Film and Media Production II (formally Filmmaking 2) Don Schechter TH 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. TU 10:30 to 1 p.m. Howard Woolf TH 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. M 6 to 8:30 p.m. Collaborative work to develop skills in producing, casting, directing, cinematography, and finishing by making their own short features. Prerequisite: FMS 30 or permission of the instructor. (This course counts toward the Arts distribution requirement.) FMS 33 Screenwriting I Khary Jones TU 6 to 9 p.m. (Cross-listed w/ DR 77) An introduction to the craft of screenwriting with an emphasis on story, structure, character development, dialogue, visuals, genre, and the language of film. Films and produced screenplays will be analyzed to illustrate the aforementioned topics. Students will workshop their materials weekly and are expected to provide insightful analysis of their classmates' work. By the end of the course, students will be required to complete the first act of a feature-length screenplay and an outline of Acts II and III. (This course counts toward the Arts distribution requirement.) FMS 39 Dance on Camera Jaclyn Waguespack TU/TH 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. (Cross-listed w/DNC 77) Inter-disciplinary course designed for any dancer, artist or student interested in film & video production with dance or movement as a medium. Participants will take dance and movement concepts outside of studio walls and into the community through site-specific collaborative video projects. Through storyboarding, shooting, editing, and choreographing/directing, students will learn basic video production techniques and advanced camera work in this hands-on course. Development of movement ideas as well as non-linear editing skills will be explored. Work culminates in end of semester public screen- ing and online video sharing. Open to all. No dance or film/video experience necessary. FMS 40 Media Theory Todd Holden TU 6:30 to 9 p.m. Examination of traditional mass media theories and exploration of the extent to which they apply to newer digital and social communication platforms and research. Consideration of social reality theories including agenda setting and para-social interaction, functional theories including theories about media violence, cultivation and the diffusion of innovation, and theories about mass media and mass culture. Use of theory to understand research and as well as media practice. FMS 41 Creative Writing/Journalism Neil Miller M/W 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. M/W 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. (Cross-listed with ENG 07) A course open to all interested students who want practice and instruction in journalism in a workshop situation. Open to all who have completed the College Writing Requirement. Each section is limited to fifteen students. Pre-requisites: Completion of the College Writing Requirement. FMS 42 Intermediate Journalism Nan Levinson TU/TH 3 to 4:15 p.m. (Cross-listed w/ ENG 11) Intensive practice and critical guidance in journalistic writing. Emphasis on weekly papers and on class discussion of student work, but with some reading and study of classical rhetoric. Opportunities to write papers on subjects in fields of personal and academic interest. Pre-requisites: Completion of the College Writing Requirement FMS 52 Children and Mass Media Julie Dobrow F 9 to 11:30 a.m. (Cross-listed w/ CDHS 167) Why educators, broadcasters, advertisers, and politicians consider children a special audience of the mass media. Examination of children's media content (television, video, computers, film, and print) and the effects of media on children and adolescents. Regulations that govern children's media use, including V-chip, ratings systems, and Internet access. Student projects on media literacy and other topics. (This course counts toward the Arts distribution requirement.) FMS 76 Arab and Middle Eastern Cinemas Somy Kim TU 4:30 to 7 p.m. (Cross-listed w/ARB57/ILVS 87). An overview of the social role of cinema in the Arab world and the broader Middle East focusing on a historical perspective on the development and expansion of cinema in these parts of the world, as well as several thematic windows through which the relationship of cinema to these societies is examined.