HUM 3 - Introduction to Cinematic Arts, Film, and Television

    Recent Professors
    Grant Richards
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    55–70 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course provides an introduction to the cinema. The course will examine broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture. Using a wide variety of films, filmmakers, and film movements, the course explores the diverse possibilities presented by the cinematic art form. Topics include modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology, and critical analysis. C-ID: (FTVE 105).
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:20am–12:45pm, Tue Thu 11:20am–12:45pm, Wed 2:00pm–4:50pm