ENGL 440 - Major Figures in Film

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 0
Credits: 3

Prerequisite: ENGL 121 or ENGL 122; and ENGL 202, ENGL 208
Studies major artists and their contributions to the development of film as an art form from its beginnings to the present. Close analyses of directors, cinematographers, editors, screenwriters, or actors—as individuals or as representatives of a movement in film. Topics vary from semester to semester; thus, one semester may concentrate on a specific director such as Alfred Hitchcock; another semester might study women (as directors, actresses, and editors); and yet another semester might study a collective movement such as film noir.