Film Department

Chair: Erica Stein;

Professor: Mia Mask^b;

Associate Professors: Sophia Harvey, Shane Slattery-Quintanilla^ab, Erica Stein;

Assistant Professor: Fabio Andrade, Denise Iris^ab;

Visiting Assistant Professor: Emily Drummer, Carl Elsaesser, Katherine Model;

Adjunct Instructor: Joseph Muszynski.

^b On leave 2024/25, second semester

^ab On leave 2024/25

Programs

Major

• Film Major

Correlate Sequence in Film

The correlate sequence in Film offers the opportunity to investigate Film as an adjunct to another major through a coherent sequence of study. Through the progression of courses at the 100-, 200-, and 300-level, students develop a foundational understanding of cinema studies methodology and–if room allows– basic filmmaking and/or screenwriting techniques.

• Film Correlate Sequence

Courses

Film: I. Introductory

• FILM 120 - The Screenplay as Literature
• FILM 175 - Introduction to Screen Arts
• FILM 181 - Mise en scène

Film: II. Intermediate

• FILM 209 - World Cinema
• FILM 213 - Conspiracy Films and Series
• FILM 215 - Genre: Science Fiction
• FILM 217 - Video Art
• FILM 218 - The Western: Global and Intergalactic Frontiers
• FILM 221 - American Avant-Garde Film
• FILM 222 - Curating Microcinemas
• FILM 223 - Cinemas and Urbanisms
• FILM 224 - Film Festivals & Exhibition
• FILM 230 - European Women’s Cinema
• FILM 231 - Minorities in the Media
• FILM 232 - African American Cinema
• FILM 234 - The Coen Brothers as Postmodern Auteurs
• FILM 236 - Latin American Cinema
• FILM 238 - Music and Sound in Film
• FILM 240 - Sculpting Images in Time
• FILM 241 - Sound and Sight
• FILM 242 - Fragile Presence: The Ultra Short Film as Personal Cinematic Practice
• FILM 243 - The Liberation Arts
• FILM 244 - Creative Development
• FILM 245 - Producing Audio Narratives
• FILM 246 - Wild Sound
• FILM 255 - Four Italian Filmmakers (in English)
• FILM 256 - American Television History
• FILM 260 - Documentary: History and Aesthetics
• FILM 265 - German Film in English Translation
• FILM 266 - Genre: Asian Horror
• FILM 271 - Creative Film Theory
• FILM 280 - Israeli and Palestinian Cinemas: The Films of Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan
• FILM 281 - Film Editing
• FILM 290 - Community-Engaged Learning
• FILM 298 - Independent Work

Film: III. Advanced

• FILM 300 - Film Research Thesis
• FILM 301 - Film Screenplay Thesis
• FILM 317 - Introduction to Screenwriting
• FILM 319 - Advanced Screenwriting
• FILM 324 - Cinema Modes
• FILM 325 - Writing the Short Film
• FILM 326 - Senior Project: Non-Fiction
• FILM 327 - Senior Project: Fiction
• FILM 331 - Compilation Films: The Uses of Cinema and the Archive
• FILM 335 - Celebrity and Power: Stardom in Contemporary Culture
• FILM 336 - African Cinema: A Continental Survey
• FILM 337 - The Films of Ousmane Sembene
• FILM 339 - Contemporary Southeast Asian Cinemas
• FILM 391 - Sensuous Theory Writing Workshop
• FILM 392 - Research Seminar in Film History and Theory
• FILM 399 - Senior Independent Work