Film and Video Studies

• 2512 Frieze Building
• 764-0147
• Professor Gaylyn Studlar, Director

May be elected as an interdepartmental concentration program

• Professors Alexander (English), Bahti (German), Beaver (Film and Video), Cohen (Residential College), Dirks (History and Anthropology), Eley (History), Goldstein (English), Kirkpatrick (History of Art), Konigsberg (Film and Video), McDougal (English), and Studlar (Film and Video)
• Associate Professors Bauland (English), Eagle (Slavic Languages and Literatures), Freedman (English), and Paul (Film and Video)
• Assistant Professors Ukadike (Film and Video), and Yervasi (Romance Languages and Literatures)
• Lecturers Ault (Film and Video), Burnstein (Film and Video), Farley (Film and Video), Mintz (Film and Video), Morris (Residential College), Rayher (Film and Video), Sarris (Film and Video), and Young (Film and Video)
  
  
  
• The curriculum in Film and Video Studies provides an integrated program of courses in the history, aesthetics, theory, and techniques of film and video (single camera and studio television). Emphasis is placed on a liberal arts sequence that provides students with a solid foundation for understanding how film and electronic-based visual media arise out of varied cultural, historical, social, and technological circumstances. A prerequisite course in Art of the Film or Introduction to the Moving Image prepares concentrators for advanced study in the history and aesthetics of these media and for production courses. An introductory course in production gives them hands-on experience in film, video, and television. The courses in American and World cinema prepare students for electives in the films of specific cultures, nations, and time periods, as well as in the study of film style illuminated by the work of individual artists and in various film genres. Television History allows them to assess trends in the social, technological and formal development of the most influential medium of the second half of the twentieth century. Film Theory and Criticism is a capstone course in examining the methods that have been used to study film. Production core courses are designed to help concentrators work creatively in film, video, and television as they become familiar, through electives, with interdisciplinary, humanistic perspectives on how moving image technology has been used in different cultures as a medium of communication and artistic expression, and how various kinds of institutional practice have characterized its use. The film-video curriculum is designed to prepare students for more advanced work in film writing and criticism, in creative film, video-making, and studio television work, and for advanced study in graduate programs in moving image media.
  
  
• Prerequisite to Concentration: F/V 230 or F/V 236.
  
  
• Concentration Program. 36 credits minimum. A grade of C- or better must be achieved in any course taken to satisfy the concentration requirements. General concentration requirements are F/V 350, 360, 370, 414 and production requirements consist of F/V 200 and any two of the following: F/V 300, 301, 302, or 310. Students are required to take a total of 15 hours of electives with no more than one class in production and at least one course in a national or regional cinema (F/V 440, 441, 442) exclusive of the U.S. or in a 300 or 400 level television studies course. Select electives from the following: F/V 361, 400, 401, 402, 405, 406, F/V/Engl. 412, F/V/Engl. 413, 420, 422, 440, 441, 442, 450, 451, 455, 460, 461, 470. With the exception of English 412 and 413, other film, video, or television-centered courses taught outside the Program will be considered for elective credit on a case by case basis. Students should consult with their concentration advisor before taking a course which they wish to use to meet this requirement.
  
  
• Advising. Students who may be interested in a concentration in Film and Video Studies are encouraged to consult with a Program advisor. Appointments are scheduled at 2512 Frieze Building (764-0147).
  
  
• Honors Concentrators. The Honors Program in Film and Video Studies is open to juniors and seniors who have a GPA of 3.5 or higher in film and video courses and who have demonstrated both the interest and capacity to carry out the independent work required to complete an Honors thesis or an Honors film and video production during their senior year. Applications should be made by Spring of the junior year.

Courses in Film and Video Studies (Division 368)

200. Introduction to Film, Video and Television Production. (3). (Excl).

230. Introduction to the Moving Image. (4). (HU).

236/RC Hums. 236. The Art of the Film. (4). (HU). Lab fee ($50).

300. Filmmaking I. Film-Video 200. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($38) required.

301. Video Art I. Film-Video 200. (3). (Excl).

302. Television Studio I. Film-Video 200. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Comm. 421. (3). (Excl).

310. Screenwriting. Film-Video 200. Completion of the introductory composition requirement. (3). (Excl).

340. Writing Film Criticism. FV 230 or 236. (3). (HU).

350. The History of American Film. (3). (HU).

360. The History of World Film. (3). (HU).

361/WS 361. Women and Film. (3). (Excl).

365. Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary American Television. FV 230 or 236. (3). (HU).

370. Television History. (3). (HU).

399. Independent Study. Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.

400. Filmmaking II. Film-Video 300 or equivalent experience in filmmaking and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($150) required.

401. Video Art II. Film-Video 301 or equivalent experience with video production and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).

402. Television Studio II. FV 302. (3). (Excl).

405. Computer Animation I. Film-Video 301 or equivalent experience with video production and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).

406. Computer Animation II. Film-Video 301 or equivalent experience with video production and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).

412/English 412. Major Directors. (3; 2 in the half-term). (HU). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.

413/English 413. Film Genres and Types. (3; 2 in the half-term). (HU). May be repeated for credit with department permission.

414. Film Theory and Criticism. (3). (Excl).

420. Documentary Film. (3). (Excl).

440/CAAS 440/Comm. 440. African Cinema. (3). (Excl).

441. National Cinemas. F/V 360 or permission of instructor. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.

442/CAAS 442. Third World Cinema. (3). (Excl).

450. Television Theory and Criticism. Film-Video 230 or 236. (4). (Excl).

451/Amer. Cult. 490. American Film Genres. Junior standing. (4). (HU). Laboratory fee (approximately $30.00).

455. Topics in Film Studies. (3). (Excl). May be repeated for a total of nine credits.

460. Technology and the Moving Image. Film-Video 236. (3). (Excl).

461/WS 461. Explorations in Feminist Film Theory. Junior standing; and Film-Video 414 or Women's Studies 240. (3). (Excl).

470/CAAS 470/Comm. 470. Cultural Issues in Cinema. (3). (HU).

480. Internship. Concentration in Film and Video Studies. (2). (Excl). Offered mandatory credit/no credit. (EXPERIENTIAL). May be repeated for a total of six credits.

490. Senior Honors Research. Acceptance as an Honors Candidate in Film and Video Studies. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of 4 credits.

500. Directed Study in Film and Video. Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for a total of six credits.