FILM 111 Film, Media, and Screen Cultures: History and Aesthetics Units: 3.00
This course offers an introduction to global time-based media starting with the emergence of film in 1895, through the development of television, video, digital and online technologies, accounting for the historical, political, and technological contexts in which each medium emerged. In doing so, students will learn to recognize the aesthetics associated with each medium. From large visual landscapes in 70mm film to small interiors in TV sitcoms, to artificial worlds in video games - each medium develops an arsenal of forms and aesthetic norms capable of capturing the imagination. NOTE FILM 111 and FILM 112 together, are equivalent to FILM 110.
Learning Hours: 112 (36 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 24 Practicum, 40 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Exclusion FILM 110/6.0.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the history of time-based media.
- Summarize the technological and aesthetic uniqueness of global time-based media and its contextual specificity.
- Develop academic and creative skills to engage, research, and write on topics in the field pertaining to history, form, and aesthetics.
- Deploy the formal tools, terms, and definitions in the analysis of global time-based media.