THEA 015 - Introduction to Film Studies

    Recent Professors
    Eduardo Rufeisen, Elizabeth Dale, Jerry Allen
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    None
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1
    Description
    This course introduces the close analysis of film and television texts. Additionally, it examines the broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture. The course explores the diverse possibilities presented by the cinematic art form through an examination of a wide variety of productions, national cinemas, and film movements. Topics covered include modes of production, narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology, and critical analysis.