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Introduction to Film Studies
Course Number	HACU 0155-1
Course Title	Introduction to Film Studies
Department	Humanities Arts Cultural Stu
Campus	Hampshire College
Course Description	This course is designed to introduce students to key issues in film studies, focusing on the history of American cinema from 1895 to 1960. We will pay particular attention to the "golden age" of Hollywood, with forays into other national cinemas by way of comparison and critique. Screenings will range from actualities and trick films, to the early narrative features of D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, to the development of genres including film noir (Double Indemnity), the woman's film of the 1940s (Now, Voyager), the western (Stagecoach) and the suspense film (Rear Window, Vertigo, Psycho). Several short papers and in-class discussions will address how to interpret film on the formal/stylistic level (sequence analysis, close reading, visual language) as well as in the context of major trends and figures in film history. REA, WRI, PRS

Reg #	Section	Credits	Instructors	Meeting Times	Location	Notes
300909	1	4.00	Lise Sanders;Eva Rueschmann	10:30AM-11:50AM T,TH;07:00PM-09:00PM M	Franklin Patterson Hall WLH;Adele Simmons Hall 112

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