FILM 2A - History of Cinema: 1895-1960

    Recent Professors
    R. LaSalle
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    50 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · Cal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1 · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course provides a survey of significant moments in the creation, delivery, reception, and influence of cinema from the 1890's to 1960. Instruction will include the origins of film technology and its increasing usefulness for narrative, historical documentary, and political argument or indoctrination, and aesthetics. Analysis will include the discovery of how technology, society, public taste, history and social concerns shaped the medium.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 3:30pm–4:45pm