MDST 370 Contemporary Cinema
This course uses currently playing films as entry points into a study of wider issues around film as an art form, cultural phenomenon and industry. Students attend various screenings of Hollywood blockbusters, low-budget art films and experimental works, and then analyze them and their significance relative to topics in film theory and aesthetics.
Note: Students pay admission fees and parking at movie theaters.
Special information
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective August 1, 1998 to present
Meets graduation requirements for
Learning outcomes
General
- Able to advance in oral and written forms, arguably true positions in support of the aesthetic qualities of a particular film at an advanced level.
- Gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of contemporary cinema Develop criteria for evaluation of films.
- Improve critical thinking and writing skills.
- Understands and can synthesize aesthetic and critical principles of cinema in relationship to literature and theater at an advanced level.
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum
Goal 6: The Humanities and Fine Arts
- Demonstrate awareness of the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
- Understand those works as expressions of individual and human values within a historical and social context.
- Respond critically to works in the arts and humanities.
- Engage in the creative process or interpretive performance.
- Articulate an informed personal reaction to works in the arts and humanities.
Summer 2021
| Section | Title | Instructor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Contemporary Cinema | Bandow, Jeremy David | Books | Course details |