Transfers ToCSUDescriptionFMS 489 Honors: Director's Cinema Units: 3 Hours: 54 hours LEC Prerequisite: None. Enrollment Limitation: Enrollment is limited to Honors Program students. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. Transferable: CSU; UC General Education: Local GE L3 This course is a critical examination of the historical and artistic career of a range of seminal directors in film history, with a particular focus on their impact on popular American culture. Students will investigate the filmography of selected directors, read articles and criticisms of their work, and discuss the cultivation of their filmmaking aesthetics. The course examines the visual style of filmmakers from different backgrounds, analyzing their thematic concerns and cinematographic techniques, while also introducing major theoretical approaches to director studies. This honors course offers rigorous preparation in critical thinking, and analytic reading and writing skills for students intending to transfer to a four-year college or university. It provides an opportunity to engage contemporary political, economic, and social issues through small group discussion, a structured sequence of papers requiring higher-level thinking tasks, and collaborative projects. Research projects require extensive analysis of topics such as film theory, film history, director style, auteur studies and the tensions between mainstream and art cinema. Paper requirements are designed to challenge and motivate. Details about the Honors Program can be found in the front of the Catalog and on the CRC website. This course is the same as 