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Fall Academic Term 2001 Course Guide

Transfer Student Courses in Film and Video Studies


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Fall Academic Term, 2001 (September 5 - December 21)

Open courses in Film and Video Studies
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Wolverine Access Subject listing for FILMVID

Fall Term '01Time Schedule for Film and Video Studies.


FILMVID 236 / RCHUMS 236. The Art of the Film.

Open and Available

Section 001 – Students Are Required To Attend Film Viewing On Tuesday 7-11 P. M., With An Alternate Screening On Thursday 7-11 P.M..

Instructor(s): Hubert I Cohen

Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). Laboratory fee ($50) required.

Credits: (4).

Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($50) required.

Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.

The Art of the Film examines the dramatic and psychological effects of the elements and techniques used in film making and television, and some of the salient developments in film's artistic and technological history. This course provides students with the basic tools and methods for film appreciation and study. Students write five two-page exercises, a seven-page analysis of a current movie, and a final exam.

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FILMVID 422. Topics in Avant-Garde Film.

Open and Available

Section 001.

Instructor(s): Edward Dimendberg (eddimend@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($35) required.

Credits: (3).

Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($35) required.

Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.

An introduction to films, creative practitioners, and aesthetic tendencies which have functioned in opposition to the narrative and commercial structures of Hollywood cinema from the silent period to the present. Diverse European, American, and Asian cinematic avant-gardes (German Expressionism, Surrealism, Soviet theorists of montage, the city symphony, the works of Maya Deren, the New American Cinema, structural films by Michael Snow and Hollis Frampton, the diary cinema movement, Andy Warhol, essay films by Chris Marker and Jean-Luc Godard, and recent explorations of gender, Yvonne Rainer, Bette Gordon, Sadie Benning) will be studied in relation to corresponding developments in 20th century cultural history. Readings in aesthetic theory, film theory, and film history. Course Requirements include a midterm examination and a final project. FILMVID 230/236 is heavily recommended.

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FILMVID 441. National Cinemas.

Section 003 – Japanese Cinema. Meets with Japanese 475.001

Instructor(s): Mark Nornes (amnornes@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: F/V 360. (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($50) required. May be repeated for a total of six credits.

Credits: (3).

Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($50) required.

Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.

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FILMVID 470 / CAAS 470. Cultural Issues in Cinema.

Open and Available

Section 001 – Women Directors of the Black Diaspora

Instructor(s): Frances Gateward (gateward@umich.edu)

Prerequisites & Distribution: (3). (Excl). Laboratory fee ($35) required.

Credits: (3).

Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($35) required.

Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.

See CAAS 470.001.

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