The following courses will be offered at Muhlenberg for the Fall 2008 semester.
| Course | Course Title | Units | Session | Instructor | Select Course | Course Status |
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| COM-240-00 | Methd of Film & Video Analysis | 1.00 | Semester | McEwan, P. | 1 of 25 Seats Remain | |
| Course Notes: screening Sunday 6:30-8:30 p.m., Trumbower 130 | ||||||
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| MW | 10:30AM-11:45AM | ETTINGR 201 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| U | 6:30PM- 8:30PM | TRUMBWR 130 | ||||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| Introduces different strategies and different approaches for analyzing film and video texts, including formal, narrative, semiotic, psychoanalytic, social/cultural, and feminist. Students will develop an understanding of the grammar, vocabulary, and conventions of film and video production, and the factors that shape viewers’ reception. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement A. |
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| COM-251-00 | Visual Communication Fundmntls | 1.00 | Semester | Tafler, D. | Fully Enrolled | |
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| TR | 3:00PM- 4:15PM | WALSON 115 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| Introduces basic concepts of time-based visual media with an emphasis on the perception and experience of moving images, kinesics, and the structure and aesthetics of cinematic language. Students will learn how to work with cameras, audio-recording equipment, and post-production facilities. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement –> |
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| COM-344-00 | Documentary Film | 1.00 | Semester | Ranieri, K. | 15 of 25 Seats Remain | |
| Course Notes: screening Sunday 6:30-8:00 p.m., Ettinger 201 | ||||||
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| M | 1:30PM- 4:20PM | ETTINGR 201 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| U | 6:30PM- 8:00PM | ETTINGR 201 | ||||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| Examines documentary and other reality-based modes of film and video production and the assumptions these forms make about truth and authenticity and how they shape our understandings of the world. Both historical and contemporary forms will be considered. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement A. |
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| ENG-255-00 | Literature & Film | 1.00 | Semester | Staff | Fully Enrolled | |
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| MW | 12:00PM- 1:15PM | TRXLR B-06 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| This course examines the relationship between novels and plays and their film-adaptations, concentrating on the different ways we read and interpret these narrative forms. The course will attend closely to the variety of decisions that inform the translation of literary works into a different medium with different conventions for a different audience. Emphases and subject matter will change. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement L. |
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| FLM-150-00 | World Cinemas | 1.00 | Semester | Cartelli, T. | 12 of 25 Seats Remain | |
| Course Notes: Screening Wednesday, 7:00-9:30pm; Trexler B-02 | ||||||
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| MW | 3:00PM- 4:15PM | TRXLR B-02 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| W | 7:00PM- 9:30PM | TRXLR B-02 | ||||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| This course offers beginning students a selective survey of films produced around the world in the last 50 years. The course will provide students with an introduction to the language, concepts, and elements of film and seeks to develop facility in analyzing and writing about film. This course does not fulfill a requirement for the major and cannot be used as an elective for it. Attendance at weekly screenings is required. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement A. |
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| FLM-201-00 | Film History I: 1895-1945 | 1.00 | Semester | Osterweil, A. | 18 of 25 Seats Remain | |
| Course Notes: Film screening is Tuesday 6:00-8:00pm in Ettinger 201 | ||||||
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| T | 1:30PM- 4:20PM | ETTINGR 201 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| T | 6:00PM- 8:00PM | ETTINGR 201 | ||||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| An exploration of the international history of film from its invention through the silent era, the rise of Hollywood, and the development of sound to the end of World War II. The course focuses on major directors, technological developments, and the surrounding social, cultural, and commercial contexts from which film emerged. Screenings will include works from Hollywood, international cinema, documentary, and the avant-garde. In addition to the historical survey, the course provides an introduction to the language, concepts, and elements of film. It also provides an introduction to methods of analyzing films, such as formal and structural approaches, and writing about films. Attendance at weekly screenings is required. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement –> |
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| FLM-225-00 | The Western Film | 1.00 | Semester | Birgel, F. | 16 of 20 Seats Remain | |
| Course Notes: Students are required to read Owen Wister’s The Virginian before the semester begins. | ||||||
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| M | 6:00PM-10:30PM | ETTINGR 201 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| This course will examine the Western as the American film genre par excellence. Numerous theoretical approaches will be used to study the rise and fall of the Western’s popularity, its role in shaping popular myths about the United States, and its representation of masculine identity. By going chronologically from early classical to more contemporary films, students will learn how ideology and socio-historical conditions lead to the making of certain films at certain times. In addition to looking at the classical Western, the course will analyze how the so-called spaghetti Western and political events such as the Vietnam War have transformed the genre. Students will learn how to read and discuss films by analyzing the various cinematic codes (lighting, editing, camera angles, sets, music, the three gazes, etc.), the significance of the star system, and theories of spectatorship and scopophilia. Attendance at weekly screenings is required. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement –> |
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| FLM-280-00 | Recordng Place:Location/Cinema | 1.00 | Semester | Staff | 3 of 12 Seats Remain | |
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| F | 10:00AM- 2:00PM | CEN ART 264 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| The course “Recording Place: Location in Cinema” will explore the usage of landscape in motion pictures, both through theory and hands-on practice. Films which have been groundbreaking or historical in their use of place will be viewed in the context of student’s own experimentation. From the Lumieres to Herzog and James Benning, we will study how landscapes have been portrayed throughout film history, and informed entire genres. Students will shoot in groups and individually, mining the rich landscapes and spaces around us. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement –> |
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| FLM-281-00 | Special Topic: The 1980s | 1.00 | Semester | Staff | Cancelled | |
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| COM240 or | (None) | |||||
| FLM201 or | ||||||
| FLM202 or | ||||||
| COM251 end | ||||||
| The 1980s are not generally regarded as Hollywood’s finest hour, since they seemed to feature the replacement of the dark films of the 1970s with more accessible blockbusters. But the range of films produced in this decade tell us a lot about changing social values, about the contradictions of the Reagan era, and about the legacy of the Vietnam war, among other topics. In addition to these social readings, we will consider the ways in the film scholars make critical assessments of films and how those might change over time. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> Prerequisite: COM 240 Methods of Film and Video Analysis or FLM 201 Film History I or FLM 202 Film History II or COM 251 Fundamentals of Visual Communication or permission of instructor. <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement –> |
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| FLM-325-00 | French New Wave Cinema | 1.00 | Semester | Roussel, F. | 21 of 25 Seats Remain | |
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| T | 6:00PM-10:30PM | TRXLR B-06 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| This course explores the very rich period in French Cinema during the 1950s and 1960s that is known as the French New Wave (La Nouvelle Vague). Spearheaded by a group of young directors who also wrote their own screenplays (Truffaut, Godard, Malle, Chabrol, Resnais, among others), this movement gave rise to “Le cinema d’auteur” as an innovative and influential way to produce films. To understand this very important film movement, we will study the uses of script, image, and sound in the films themselves, with special emphasis on storyline, subplot, and character. We will also pay considerable attention to the cultural and economic contexts in which the films were produced and the biographies of the directors themselves. Attendance at weekly screenings is required. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement –> |
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| FLM-382-00 | Spc Topic: Women Filmmakers | 1.00 | Semester | Osterweil, A. | 14 of 25 Seats Remain | |
| Course Notes: Screening Monday, 6:00-8:00; Trumbower 130 | ||||||
| Day | Time | Bldng & Room | Start Date | End Date | ||
| MW | 12:00PM- 1:15PM | ETTINGR 201 | 08/25/2008 | 12/05/2008 | ||
| M | 6:00PM- 8:00PM | TRUMBWR 130 | ||||
| Pre-Requisites | Co-Requisites | |||||
| (None) | (None) | |||||
| This course considers the legacies of women directors working in the film industry, the economic and social challenges they faced, as well as the unique and innovative contributions these directors have made to film aesthetics and narrative form. This class will introduce students to some of the central debates within feminism from the 1970s and into the present, and look at the relationship between feminism and independent female film production, with a focus on the question of female authorship. Directors to be studied include Chantal Akerman, Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Jane Campion, Maya Deren, and Vera Chytilova. <!– If there is a prerequisite for the course, enter the text on the lines below, BETWEEN the italic markings eg) –> <!– If the course meets general academic requirement(s), remove the comment indicators on the lines below. NEVER remove or Enter the general academic requirement letter code on the next available line. One or more letters UPPERCASE followed by a period . Examples: W. L and W. D or L and W. –> Meets general academic requirement –> |
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