Jun 30, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
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FILM 4310 - Film History I
History of international cinema from the origins through 1940. Weekly screenings.
Requisites: FILM 2010 or 2020 or 2030
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Become familiar with the key international texts, filmmakers, and institutions of the silent era.
- Engage with some of the key debates of silent film criticism.
- Explore alternative cinematic practices during the silent era.
- Explore the origins of national cinemas.
- Explore the transition from silent to sound technologies and the consequences in motion pictures.
- Trace the development of film practice through the establishment of the studio system.
- Trace the international spread of early cinematic technology and practices.
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