DRMA 160 Introduction to Film and Video (5 credits)

1. Critically analyze films for plot, character, setting, style, and theme through script analyses and film viewing.

2. Critically analyze the elements of film production including direction, cinematography, script, lighting, props, setting, acting, editing, sound, costumes, special effects, makeup, and music.

3. Describe the basic elements of composition and design as they relate to film.

4. Describe the process of distribution and exhibition of film in the United States and internationally.

5. Describe and analyze the history of film.

6. Compare and contrast styles and genres of film through script analyses and film attendance.

7. Describe, compare, and contrast film forms.

8. Analyze documentary, experimental, and animated film.

9. Critically analyze the relationship between film form and culture.

Degree Outcomes
Humanities: Graduates acquire critical skills to interpret, analyze, and evaluate forms of human expression, which can include creation and performance as an expression of human experience.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking: Graduates will evaluate, analyze and synthesize information and ideas in order to construct informed, meaningful and justifiable conclusions.

Global Citizenship: Graduates will be able to critically examine the relationship between self, community, and/or environments, and to evaluate and articulate potential impacts of choices, actions, and contributions for the creation of sustainable and equitable systems.

Lecture Contact Hours 50
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 50