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2024-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
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SWAN 300 - The Art and Language of Cinema

3 credits
3 lecture hours.

The course introduces the academic study of cinema as a communicative art, with an emphasis on cinematic literacy and film aesthetics through analysis from a number of critical perspectives including: (1) mise-en-scène, (2) sound, (3) cinematography and (4) editing. Through lecture and screenings of film masterworks, students will apply fundamentals of film theory and genre in written analyses and collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.

Prerequisite(s) SWAN 220  or SWAN 225  or permission of Instructor required to register
Offered (AS NEEDED)


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