Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1DescriptionWhat social or technological conditions made the invention of cinema possible in the late 1800s? How did early filmmakers experiment with editing, framing, and special effects before formal rules of storytelling were established? How did Hollywood become the center of American filmmaking? This course asks these questions, among others, through investigating the origins, and major trends, in world cinema since its invention through 1945. Topics include cinema’s invention, silent film actors and directors, the rise of the Hollywood studio system, German Expressionism, Soviet Montage, French Poetic Realism, and major national film cultures in Asia, Britain, and Latin America. Students learn how the film industry, government regulations, and sociocultural contexts impacted motion picture aesthetics. Through screenings, readings, and discussions, students develop critical tools for analyzing cinematic form, style, and meaning within historical contexts, and the implications for reproducing and/or challenging race, gender and class inequalities. 