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Spring 2017 Film/Media Studies Courses

COURSE LIST

Here are the F/MS courses meeting next semester.  There are some great options, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can.  Remember, this course can be repeated on different topics – next semester, this course is focused on animation.

Film/Media Studies Spring 2017

ENFS 130.01 Intro to Film/Media Studies MWF 9-9:52am, M 7-8:52pm Eisenstein

AHLG ARHC EGHU FRST W1

ENFS 130.02 Intro to Film/Media Studies MWF 10-10:52am, M 7-8:52pm Eisenstein

AHLG ARHC EGHU FRST W1

An introduction to the study of moving images on silver screen, television, tablet, and smart phone. Weekly screenings at the Campus Theater of films by everyone from Orson Welles to Andy Warhol will be complimented by critical readings and lots of class discussion.

ENFS 238.01 From Golden Age to Wasteland? MWF 11-11:52am, F 2-3:52pm Sewell

ARHC EGHU DUSC AHLG

This course examines how television became the dominant news and entertainment medium in the USA in the 1950s and 60s, with special attention paid to the representations of race, gender, and what it means to “be American.” A wide variety of television shows will be screened including dramas, sitcoms, and variety shows.

ENFS 245.01 Televisual Culture TR 9:30-10:52am, W 7-8:52pm Sewell

ARHC EGHU AHLG

Why and how do shows like Star Trek, Lost, and Breaking Bad inspire such passionate (or obsessive) fan followings? This course explores this subject in the context of wider debates about the role of audiences and

our media culture in general. Class screenings will include everything from Lost to Doctor Who.

ENFS 248.01/ Intermediality: Italy and Film MW 3-4:22pm, W 7-8:52pm Eisenstein

UNIV 248.01 CCIP

Italy has produced some of the greatest directors, actors, and films in Western cinema, and this IP course focuses on this tremendous cinematic achievement in the context of Italian culture in general.

ENFS 335.01 Audio-Vision: Intermediate Production M 2-4:52pm Meyers

ARHC

A course on sound design in both video and multimedia productions. It will be workshop based, and will stress acquiring practical skills through hands-on experience.

ENFS 337.01 Seminar in Film Theory TR 1-3:52pm Sewell

ARHC EGHU

An advanced seminar on classical and contemporary film theory in which students will learn the major aesthetic, political, and philosophical debates that have shaped how cinema is viewed and integrated in

culture in general.

ENFS 340.01 Film/Media Production Practicum W 3-4:22pm Nienhuis

ARHC

A production course that focuses on animation and the visual effects software suite After Effects. Learn how to create dynamic video content of your own through character animation, title design, motion graphics,

and much, much more.

Got questions? Email the program director Prof. John Hunter at jchunter@bucknell.edu