Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1Description(No prerequisite.) This seminar explores narrative film as art, business, communication system, technological wonder, and the connection and interplay of cinema, culture and society from the beginning of modern cinema in the 1880s to World War II. Some of the periods and movements covered are: the origin of cinema, the silent era, Soviet Cinema: the birth of cinema as a language system, Hollywood and Studio System, sound, early independent film, an overview of the history of people of color, women and other fringe groups in early cinema and the emergence of cinema's tendency to have a profound influence on individuals, cultures and societies. Classroom screenings of representative films. (CSU/UC) AA/AS COM GE Area 3, Cal-GETC Area 3A (formerly AA/AS Areas C, CSU Area C-1, IGETC Area 3A)Usually HeldTue Thu 12:40pm–2:30pm 