HUMN 1460 - The Film As Art

Credit Hours: 3.00

Objectives: During the course, students will:

1. Compare film types.
2. Explore the elements of art that contribute to the cinematic experience.
3. Recognize basic concepts that all films share.
4. Determine the focus within a film and its relationship to the dramatic question.

Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze aspects of acting, character, and story as they pertain to film.

Objectives: During the course, students will use appropriate terminology to analyze:

1. approaches to acting theory.
2. actor attributes.
3. character roles.
4. elements of the story within a film:

Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze aspects of the mise en scene as it applies to film.

Objectives: During the course, students will use appropriate terminology to give rationale as to the effectiveness of lighting, costuming, properties, sets, locations, and make-up within:

1. Historicity.
2. Verisimilitude.
3. Character development.
4. Continuity.

Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze aspects of the cinematography within a film.

Objectives: During the course, the student will use appropriate terminology to give rationale as to the effectiveness of cinematography as it applies to the:

1. Frame
2. Focus
3. Vantage point.
4. Point of View.
5. Camera movement.
6. Lens movement.

Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze aspects of the editing within a film.

Objectives: During the course, the student will use appropriate terminology to give rationale as to the effectiveness of the editing as it applies to the:

1. Structural design.
2. Pacing.
3. Montage.
4. Narrative advancement.

Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze aspects of the sound within a film.

Objectives: During the course, the student will use appropriate terminology to give rationale as to the effectiveness of sound as it applies within the:

1. Film type and genre.
2. Synchronization.
3. Editing.
4. Continuity.
5. Source.

Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze aspects of the music within a film.

Objectives: During the course, the student will use appropriate terminology to give rationale as to the effectiveness of music as it applies within the:

1. Elements.
2. Functions.
3. Source.
4. Continuity.

Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to analyze cultural relevance within a film.

Objectives: During the course, students will reflect on aspects that are specific to a culture within a foreign film:

1. Visual elements.
2. Formal elements.
3. Cultural markers.

Outcome 9: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to contextualize historically relevant aspects of film.

Objectives: During the course, students will be able to historically contextualize the:

1. genesis of film.
2. significance of the rating system.
3. characteristics of various eras, movements, and novelties.
4. technical developments of film.

1. Testing - quiz and full examination form.
2. Classroom discussion - student participation in general discussion(s) and specific response to direct questioning.
3. Writing - formal, out‐of‐class papers; informal, in‐class exercises.