Humanities and Fine Arts 191HFA44 - FYS- Why Movies Matter

This course offers an introduction to the media and technologies that made movies possible for over a century. Through weekly 16mm short film screenings and hands-on engagement in the classroom with a century's worth of historical cameras, lenses, and other filmmaking equipment, students will come to understand and appreciate the art of making motion pictures through cinema's material history.

Open to first-year Humanities and Fine Arts Exploratory Track students and first-year HFA Majors.