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Apr 29, 2024
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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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