TransfermaticFILM at Long Beach City College

    FILM 10 - Film Genres

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    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    This introductory course surveys the historical development and progression of popular film genres while also exploring their artistic, social, cultural, political, and ideological contexts. Types of genres explored in this course include, but are not limited to, science-fiction, western, gangster, crime and detective thriller (“film noir”), musical, comedy, melodrama, horror film, and/or documentary. The particular genre(s) of study will change each semester, based upon the instructor's choice.