Instructor: Chris Goldsmith
Description: Movies: how do they work? In this course, we will pay attention to the grammar and syntax of movies-things like cuts, camera movement, lighting, scene structure, and sound design-and examine how they interact with the acting, dialogue, and plot to create a movie. We’ll think about what it means for a movie or its parts to “work” or “not work,” through discussion and through reading the work of professional film critics. This iteration of the course will also pay attention to allusion, borrowing, and reference. We’ll start with a screening of Greta Gerwig’s 2023 film BARBIE; we will then watch a number of films Gerwig identified as influences, including The Wizard of Oz, All That Jazz, Rear Window, The Truman Show, and The Godfather. In addition to in-class screenings, students will read criticism of the films we watch and write their own reviews via the social network Letterboxd.
Course taken for a SDU grade only.
Meeting Dates: 01/02/2025 – 01/24/2025
Meeting Times: M-F 11:00AM – 4:00PM
Meeting Location: TBA
Section Requisites: None
Course Fee: None
Out-of-Pocket Expenses: None