TransfermaticENGL at Grossmont College

    ENGL 202 - Introduction to Film as Literature

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    Survey course to study film as a 20th century/21st century form of literature. Students will view a variety of films spanning the 100 years of film history, from the silent era to the present, to develop an understanding of the different types of films, the film-making process, and the historical, political and sociological context of cinema. Key figures in film history such as Buster Keaton, John Ford, Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee, Woody Allen, Akira Kurosawa and others will be studied. (CSU/UC) (AA/AS-3, Cal-GETC-3B)