Film art: an introduction

Film Art and Filmmaking. Film as art: creativity, technology, and business.

Film Form. The significance of film form ; Narrative form.

Film Style. The shot: mise-en-scene ; The shot: cinematography ; The relation of shot to shot: editing ; Sound in the cinema ; Style as a formal system.

Types of Film. Film genres ; Documentary, experimental, and animated films.

Critical Analysis of Films. Film criticism: sample analyses ; Writing a critical analysis of a film.

Film History. Historical changes in film art: conventions and choices, tradition and trends.