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Film Studies
1020E -
An Introduction to Film
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A broad introduction to the study of films that will teach the basic vocabulary of film studies, provide an overview of the types of film and videos being made, and examine various critical approaches. By considering a variety of texts, students will learn to analyze and discuss film and video.
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Film Studies
2152F/G -
Contemporary American Cinema
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This course examines contemporary American film, including Hollywood, independent narrative, documentary, and experimental practice. Topics include the rise of entertainment conglomerates, independent festivals, and digital production and distribution.
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Film Studies
2158F/G -
Contemporary Canadian Cinema
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In this course contemporary documentary, fictional and short Canadian films are studied. Topics include industrial factors; historical influences; the aesthetics of new narratives; the innovations of Canadian documentarians; experimental work in new media; the short film; internationalist, nationalist, regionalist and multicultural debates.
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Film Studies
2190E -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
2191F/G-2192F/G -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
2193 -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
2194A/B-2198A/B -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
2200F/G -
Film Theories, Criticisms, Histories
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This course will provide an overview of major trends and methods in the history of film studies across the twentieth century up to the present. In addition to tracing these trends and methods, the course will be a writing-intensive one that explores the process and aims of writing on film.
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Film Studies
2220F/G-2229F/G -
Special Topics in Film
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Film Studies
2242F/G -
National Cinemas: Special Topics
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This course offers an in-depth examination of a specific national film culture or related group of cultures. The course may address the entire cinematic history of a specific nation-state, be narrowed by a historical period, mode or region within a national cinema, or extended across national borders.
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Film Studies
2243F/G -
National Cinemas: Special Topics
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This course offers an in-depth examination of a specific national film culture or related group of cultures. The course may address the entire cinematic history of a specific nation-state, be narrowed by a historical period, mode or region within a national cinema, or extended across national borders.
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Film Studies
2244E -
National Cinemas: Special Topics
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This course offers an in-depth examination of a specific national film culture or related group of cultures. The course may address the entire cinematic history of a specific nation-state, be narrowed by a historical period, mode or region within a national cinema, or extended across national borders.
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Film Studies
2245F/G -2247F/G -
National Cinemas: Special Topics
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This course offers an in-depth examination of a specific national film culture or related group of cultures. The course may address the entire cinematic history of a specific nation-state, be narrowed by a historical period, mode or region within a national cinema, or extended across national borders.
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Film Studies
2250F/G -
Movements in European Film
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This course offers an introduction to issues of aesthetics, culture, and history relevant to important movements in European film such as German Expressionism, Soviet Montage, Poetic Realism, Italian Neorealism, the French New Wave, New German Cinema and the Dogma movement.
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Film Studies
2251E -
World Cinema
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This course provides an introduction to important topics of global film history with a focus on film cultures in Africa; Latin America; Asia; the Middle East, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Students will examine the social, economic, and cultural contexts and broader patterns of influence in the global cultural economy.
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Film Studies
2253E -
American Cinema
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This course traces a history of American film from the silent period to the present. Topics include the development of the Hollywood style and major film genres and directors, and industrial, technical, political, and cultural social forces.
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Film Studies
2255E -
Representation of Gender and Sexuality
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This course explores the representation of gender and sexuality in mainstream Hollywood and European art cinema. The course introduces a number of theoretical frameworks which are used to probe issues such as gender stereotypes, the relationship between gender and genre, feminist counter cinema, queer studies, identification, pleasure and spectatorship.
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Film Studies
2256F/G -
Avant-Garde Cinema
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An exploration of a variety of marginal film practices and modes of production through an historical consideration of the major trends and developments in European, American, and Canadian avant-garde. Films will be analyzed in relation to the theoretical issues they raise, specifically, feminist theory and practice, film formalism, and spectatorship.
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Film Studies
2258F/G -
Canadian Cinema: Documents, Storytelling, Experiments
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This course looks at Canadian cinema in relation to the category label, national cinema. What is the value of a national cinema? What is the popular imagination? How do the films speak to us about Canada, its history, its people and its politics?
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Film Studies
2260F/G -
Film Genres
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This course examines a specific film genre or cycle, focusing on its historical contexts and development and its aesthetic, cultural and political significance.
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Film Studies
2261F/G -
Stardom
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This course examines stardom in its cultural, historical, industrial, and national contexts. The course may examine the development of the star system in a specific national context, focus on a particular star or stars, a historical period or movement, or a specific theoretical aspect of the star phenomenon.
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Film Studies
2270F/G -
Film Aesthetics
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This course will explore the stylistic functions of basic film elements, e.g., camera movement, editing, sound, and colour, through analysis of films.
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The former Film Studies 170F/G.
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Film Studies
2275F/G -
Documentary Film
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This course will examine the development of film documentary, from Lumière in the 1890's to the modern docudrama.
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Film Studies
2295F/G -
Film Directors/Auteurs: Special Topics
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This course is rooted in an auteurist approach to the works of a few major directors, and will consider both the manner in which these directors' personalities are thematically and stylistically expressed in their films, and how their films represent major developments or movements in film aesthetics and history.
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The former Film Studies 259E, 159E.
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Film Studies
3310E -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
3311F/G-3312F/G -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
3315F/G-3316F/G -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
3317 -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
3318A/B-3319A/B -
Special Topics in Film Studies
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Film Studies
3330F/G -
National Cinemas: Special Topics
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This course offers an in-depth examination of a specific national film culture or related group of cultures. The course may address the entire cinematic history of a specific nation-state, be narrowed by a historical period, mode or region within a national cinema, or extended across national borders.
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Film Studies
3355F/G -
Advanced Studies in Gender and Sexuality
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This course offers an in-depth examination of a specific topic or topics in the audio-visual representation of gender and sexuality. The course may be narrowed by a focus on a specific national or regional cinema, a historical period or genre, or a particular theme or issue in audio-visual representation.
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Film Studies
3360F/G -
Film Genres
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Film Studies
3370F/G -
Advanced Film Aesthetics
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This course provides an opportunity for advanced formal investigation of film, including historical and conceptual debates on style, and technological developments like digital processes. Students may complete course requirements with a short video.
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Film Studies
3371F/G -
Film Theory
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This course will investigate major writings in two areas of classical film theory: the realism-formalism debate and the auteur theory. Additional topics in film poetics and semiotics will also be discussed.
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Film Studies
3373F/G -
Theories of National Cinemas
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This course will introduce students to theories of nationalism and national identity, to determine how they influence our understanding of national cinemas. Issues such as colonialism, postcolonialism, imperialism, multiculturalism, regionalism, and globalization will be explored through reading political and cultural essays. The course will examine one or two national cinemas.
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Film Studies
4409E -
Undergraduate Thesis
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Individual instruction in the selection of a topic, the preparation of materials, and the writing of a thesis. Students who wish to take this course must apply to the Chair of the Department. The course is restricted to students in fourth year of an Honors Specialization in Film Studies.
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Film Studies
4470F/G -
Seminar in Film Aesthetics
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The third course in the Film Department's Aesthetics progression, the seminar provides students with the opportunity to further develop their skills in film and video production.
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Film Studies
4472F/G -
Seminar in Film Theory
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The course provides an intensive and advanced examination of a particular significant film-theoretical issue or body of theoretical work.
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Film Studies
4474F/G -
Seminar in Film Studies
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The topics will vary from year to year. Topics will come from specific areas of film studies (theory, criticism, history).
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Film Studies
4490F/G -
Seminar in Film Studies
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Film Studies
4495F/G -
Film Academic Internship
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Third or fourth year students enrolled in a honors, major or specialization in Film Studies, who have a modular average of 75% are eligible for an internship within an approved media-related organization. The student must find a faculty supervisor willing to oversee and grade his/her final paper.
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