ENGL 115 - The Film as Literature

5 CR

Introduces the critical study of the motion picture as an expressive medium comparable to literary art. Students focus on cultural tradition and values.

Recommended: ENGL 101 placement or higher.
Course Outcomes

Understand and apply concepts of visual literacy, including lighting, camera angle, duration of shot, composition, etc.
Identify and discuss principles of narrative, particularly the relationship of shot, scene, and sequence.
Understand the history of film and the impact of technological advances.
Identify and analyze the conventions of various film genres and how audience expectations and generic conventions work together to determine and convey a given message.
Understand and apply principles of literary/film criticism. Understand the different schools of film criticism.
Understand how a story can be adapted from one medium to another; identify the advantages unique to each medium.
Identify the values and assumptions behind a film’s ideology and examine the cultural context within which a film was created.
Identify and analyze one’s own cultural preconceptions and biases.

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