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Film Studies Curriculum

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We offer a range of film studies and production courses so you can create a path that fits you. You can choose a program that emphasizes theory, one that emphasizes production, or one that finds a balance. You can make Film Studies what you want.

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The major in Film Studies consists of 11 courses, three of which are electives so you can individualize your experience in our major. The minor in Film Studies consists of six courses spread across our curriculum.

Film Studies Requirements

Major in Film Studies (11 courses)

FLM 101 INTRO TO FILM STUDIES: HOW TO READ FILM
FLM 202 STUDIES IN FILM CULTURE
Two courses in national cinemas
Two courses in filmmaking and writing for film
Two courses in theory and criticism
Three 'elective' courses from above categories

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Minor in Film Studies (6 courses)

FLM 101 INTRO TO FILM STUDIES: HOW TO READ A FILM
FLM 202 STUDIES IN FILM CULTURE
One course in national cinema
One course in filmmaking and writing for film
One course in theory and criticism
One 'elective' course from above categories

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Course Catalog Descriptions

Film Production Course Offerings

FLM 210 FUNDAMENTALS OF MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION

A hands-on introduction to expression in the language of moving pictures.

FLM 220 DOCUMENTARY THEORY & PRODUCTION

How moving pictures can be used to explore, discuss, and creatively represent reality from the standpoint of both producers and critical viewers.

FLM 238 SCREENWRITING

An introduction to the possibilities, problems, and conventions of dramatic writing for the screen.

FLM 310 IDEOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION IN MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTION

An intermediate motion picture production course focusing on issues of ideological representation.

FLM 320 EXPERIMENTAL FILM: HISTORY & PRACTICE

An introduction to the history of American experimental film, selected major figures and movements.

FLM 410 ADVANCED PRODUCTION WORKSHOP

An advanced motion picture production course focusing on the creation of a semester-long short fiction film.

Film Studies/Theory Course Offerings

FLM 101 Introduction to Film Studies: How to read film

An introduction to the concepts and methodology of film study as an academic discipline.

FLM 202 Studies in Film Culture

Critical studies of the cultures of moving picture production and reception.

FLM 209 INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITIES IN AMERERICAN FILM

An examination of American film and moving image culture, tracing the representational politics and ideological issues that arise around notions of identity.

FLM 225 CONFUSION CINEMA: PUZZLE FILMS

The course examines the formal aesthetics of film through the lens of the puzzle film.

FLM 226 CINEMA AND REVOLUTION

An examination of how has cinema played a role in rebellion and revolution across the globe.

FLM 229 VAMPIRES

The course explores how across time and culture the vampire embodies the dangers of race, gender and capitalism.

FLM 255 DEATH/DESIRE: HORROR IN GERMAN CINEMA

This course considers the visual, thematic, and political characteristics of Weimar cinema.

FLM 259 GERMAN FILM NOW

An examination of major trends in contemporary German filmmaking since 2000, with emphasis on representations of identity, globalization, and post-9/11 surveillance.

FLM 288 THEORY OF FILM

A study of selected problems in the aesthetics of film: narration, montage, the illusion of space and time.

FLM 307 HISTORY OF RUSSIAN & SOVIET FILM

A survey of the radically innovative cinema of Russia and the former Soviet Union.

FLM 311 REPRESENTING GENDER

An examination of the construction of gender in mainstream narrative film in the light of contemporary film theory and criticism.

FLM 395B CHANGING THE IMAGE: BLACK CINEMA

An introduction to significant black American directors and an exploration of the aesthetic, thematic, and socio-political ways in which their work has changed the cinema.

FLM 395R REVENGE CINEMA

A survey of revenge films that are also concerned with the violence of racism and the need for reparation.

FLM 395W FEMINISMS IN AMERICAN POP CULTURE

Critical exploration of popular film and television texts through the shifting terrain of contemporary feminist thought and representations.

FLM 395Z SPECIAL TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES: ANIMATION

A serious, analytic approach to 'cartoons,' exploring the historical trajectory of the medium, the evolution of aesthetic practices, and the range of technologies utilized in early and contemporary animation.

FLM 409 GRAND/INTIMATE IN FRENCH CINEMA

Two French cinemas have long existed: one 'big' cinema about the tumultuous political, cultural, and literary history of France, and one 'small,' personal cinema about a few characters and their lives.

FLM 420 AFROFUTURISM 2.0

A survey of film, music, art, and literature of Afrofuturism alongside scholarly work in the field.

FLM 493C Studies in Cult and Camp

An exploration of the aesthetics and politics of 'cult and camp' film and television.

Film Studies Department

P: 860-439-2636 E: rwmor@conncoll.edu

Mailing Address

Ross Morin, Acting Chair
Connecticut College
Department of Film Studies
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320

Administrative Assistant

Aimee Couture
acouture@conncoll.edu

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