ENF 1001 Introduction to Film Studies
(Formerly called ENG.2083-INTRO TO FILM CRITICISM). This course introduces students to descriptive, technical, and critical terms and concepts used by filmmakers and scholars to analyze film. Students view a representative variety of American and foreign films from mainstream, art cinema, documentary, and avant-garde traditions to become better readers of cinema. Students will watch films that shed light on how cinema is produced, what purposes it has served, how filmmakers have created cinema, and how it has been shared, read, and received as art, public discourse, and a vehicle for social analysis. This course is designed to develop students' fundamental college-level skills in critically analyzing and writing about cinema. (Fall) (Spring)