High School Credits: 5
Prerequisites: None
Lecture 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

In this history of film class, students view, study, discuss, and write about films from various genres and different time periods. They develop and demonstrate technological, cultural, and media literacy skills as well as critical thinking and problem-solving skills that will serve them well in the real world. This course presents students to the basics of film analysis, cinematic elements, genre, and narrative structure. Students obtain the skills to identify, analyze, and appreciate film as an art and entertainment form, and they learn and become aware of films from a diverse group of writers and directors.