F S 102 - American Film History 1: 1930-1967

5 Credits

This course will focus on the golden age of Hollywood Cinema covering the early years of sound to the end of the studio system in the 1960’s.

Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Fall Online
Winter Online

Designed to Serve Student seeking humanities distribution credits and film studies majors.
Active Date 20190610T09:30:56

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 38
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
AA

Humanities Area I

Course Outline

The course will cover four main topics:

The Studio System - This section will cover the ways in which Hollywood studios produced and marketed films.
The Production Code - This section will cover the rise of the Hollywood Production Code and the way it controlled film content during the Golden Age. Particular emphasis will be given to the strict codes regarding race and gender.
Post-War Realism and the Method - This section will cover the changing tastes of film goers after World War II and the push for harder-edged, more “realistic” films.
Rise of the The New Hollywood - This section will cover downfall of the Studio System and the subsequent emergence of The New Hollywood.

Student Learning Outcomes
Differentiate specific film genres in order to identify key narrative tropes.

Identify and discuss the basic elements of cinematography.

Analyze how narratives function in specific scenes within films.

Identify the classical Hollywood style as well as the alternative narrative styles that oppose it

Appraise the cultural and historical value of a film by establishing the context of individual films to their respective historical milieu.