FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES

061.140 (H)
 (W)

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FILMS (3) DeLibero   Lab Fee: $40  Limit 60   An overview of the history of film, from the first motion pictures to the present. Students learn the critical vocabulary of film and study key films in weekly screenings.

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TW 2-3:30
MTh 7:30-10pm

061.150 (H) 240

INTRODUCTION TO FILM PRODUCTION (3) Mann   Limit 9 Lab Fee: $100 and Perm. Req’d.
Introduction to Film Production presents the basic elements of 16mm film production. Working in groups students shoot weekly exercises and complete a short 16mm film for a final project.

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M 2:30-5pm

061.246 (H)
(W)

READING FILM: SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM (3) Bucknell   Limit 15    Lab Fee: $40 and one core course or Perm. Req’d  The critical analysis of film with particular attention to the writing of analytical essays.

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W 1-3:30
M 7:30-10pm

061.335 (H)

MONSTER FILMS (3) Bucknell  Limit 15   Lab fee: $40 and one core course or Perm. Req’d   Monsters and misfits in the Hollywood film including King Kong, Hannibal Lecter, and the Great White Shark. Cross-listed with Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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M 12-2:30
T STh 7:30-10pm

061.345 (H)

PRIMITIVE FILM (3) Mann  Limit 9   Lab fee: $100 and Intro. To Film Production  Explores the films and writings of early filmmakers. Production exercises include the design and construction of a zoetrope and short 16mm films shot with a hand-crank motor. Course canceled 6/28/07

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Th 12-2:30

061.346 (H)

DRAWING ANIMATION (3) Yasinsky  Limit 9   Lab fee: $40  A hands-on drawing animation course. Work shot digitally and scanned. No specific drawing skills necessary but a strong interest in hand drawn animation and substantial time commitment to drawing are required.

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Th 12-2:45
W 7:30-10pm

061.413 (H)

LOST AND FOUND FILM (3) Mann
Limit 9     Lab Fee: $40   Students produce weekly short films from "found footage" via archival resources. Explores the notion of "filmic" and "photogenic" through final project and readings from Epstein, Benjamin, and Barthes.

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T 2-4:30

061.440 (H)

SENIOR PROJECT IN FILM PRODUCTION (3) Mann  Limit 15  Perm. Req’d.

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200.214 (N,S)

BRAIN MYTHS & FOLK PSYCHOLOGY (3) Shelton  Prereq: One previous course in psychology or neuroscience recommended  Limit 50   This course examines popular “facts” about the brain and cognition, exploring the origins, how they are perpetuated in the media, and the empirical data that support or refute the claims. 
Cross-listed with Psychological & Brain Sciences and Public Health Studies

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Th 1-3:30

213.335 (H) (W)

TECHNOLOGY AND SEXUALITY IN BERLIN (3) Kolarov  Limit 15  This class will focus on the transition from the literary and artistic concern with transience and finitude to the uncanny presence of eternity NOW that defined the development of techno-sexuality in the modern media.  The city of Berlin is the playground on which this transformation takes place and will make a regular appearance in the materials we will engage.
Cross-listed with German & Romance Languages & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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M 1-3
Th 7-9pm

220.204 341 (H)

INTRODUCTION TO DRAMATIC WRITING: FILM (3) Lapadula    Limit 15   Perm. Req'd.
(Formerly 220.336)
Cross-listed with Writing Seminars

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F 2:30-4:30

300.335 (H) (W)

SCIENCE FICTION AND THE AVANT-GARDE (3)  Khatib/Duda   Limit 25  
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center
Dean's Teaching Fellowship Course

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Th 2-4
T 6-8pm

300.337 (H)

THINKING FILMS (3)  Marrati  Limit 35 25   This course examines how films deal with and renew philosophical ways of thinking about reality, perception, ethical choices, identity, personal and historical memory.  Cross-listed with Philosophy, Anthropology, German and Romance Languages, Political Science, and the Humanities Center

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T 4-6pm, W 7-9pm

300.352 (H) (W)

PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PARADOXES IN FRENCH LITERATURE AND FILM (1930-1970) (3) Geroulanos   Limit 35 
Cross-listed with the Humanities Center and German and Romance Languages.

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T 7-10pm
W 5-8pm

061.502

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN FILM AND MEDIA Staff   Perm. Req’d.
Lab Fee: $100 (if production related)

061.504

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN FILM PRODUCTION Mann   Perm. Req’d.
Lab Fee: $100

061.506

INTERNSHIP IN FILM AND MEDIA DeLibero   Perm. Req’d.    S/U only