CONN 290 | Introduction to Cinema Studies

CONN 290 introduces students to the artistic medium of film from various disciplinary perspectives. Through analytic and creative assignments and class discussions, students develop the expertise and vocabulary necessary to communicate intelligently and critically about cinema and contemporary media. Students consider key terminology and formal aspects of cinema, e.g., mise-en-scene, editing, and sound; apply those concepts to a wide variety of examples from the advent of film to the present; and consider critical approaches to the medium. No previous coursework or experience with film criticism is required.