Division: Communications, Arts, and Social Sciences
Subject Code: ART
#: 184
Course Title: The Art of the Cinema
HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
FORM 335
Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at
a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]
1.
Digital Description: 3:3:0
Credit hours:
3
Lecture hours:
3
Lab hours:
0
BL: [__]⅓[__]½ [__]⅔[___] Other (Indicate fraction or percent)
2.
Catalog Description:
An investigation of the styles and techniques of movie making as an art form.
In order to gain insights into cinematic form and art, several individual
filmmakers and examples of their work are studied in detail.
Minimum Grade Required
3.
Prerequisites: Eligibility for enrollment in
ENGL 101 and completion of
any reading courses required
by the College Testing and Placement Center.
Corequisites:
None
Other:
4.
Learning Outcomes
[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential
knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]
Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
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5.
demonstrate an awareness of the cinema as a potential art form;
demonstrate knowledge of the elements of filmmaking, including
scripting, cinematography, lighting, composition, mise en scene, editing,
acting, directing;
recognize how those elements are incorporated into the making of films;
discuss films in light of the element being investigated.
Planned Sequence of Learning Activities
[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]
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Division: Communications, Arts, and Social Sciences
Subject Code: ART
#: 184
Course Title: The Art of the Cinema
The following subjects will be addressed in the context of lecture, slides, and film
screenings:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
The illusion of motion and the production schedule (2 w)
Scripting: story v. plot/ the classical paradigm (2 w)
Cinematography/ lenses/ lighting/ FX (4-5 w)
Composition/ Mise en Scene (2-3 w)
Editing (2 w)
Directing/ acting (2 w)
6.
Assessment of Student Learning
[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed
above.]
7.
List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning
Materials (code each item based on instructional use): C-Lecture/Laboratory,
A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online,
BL-Blended, V-Videocourse, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons,
E-Internship, F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources
must be easily accessible to students.]
Full-Time Faculty Textbook:
Bordwell. Film Art. (latest edition). New York, NY. McGraw Hill.
Giannetti, Louis D. Understanding Movies. (latest edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Prentice Hall.
Hill, John and Pamela Gibson. Film Studies: Critical Approaches. (latest edition)
New York,, Oxford university Press.
Prince, Stephen. Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film. (latest edition)
Boston, Allyn & Bacon
Adjunct Faculty Textbook:
Bordwell. Film Art. (latest edition). New York, NY. McGraw Hill.
Giannetti, Louis D. Understanding Movies. (latest edition). Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Prentice Hall.
Barsam, Richard. Looking at Movies. An Introduction to Film. (latest edition).
New York, NY. W. W. Norton & Company.
Hill, John and Pamela Gibson. Film Studies: Critical Approaches. (latest edition)
Prince, Stephen. Movies and Meaning: An Introduction to Film. (latest edition)
Boston, Allyn & Bacon
8.
Prepared by Faculty Member: Sara Meng
Date: 2/2009
9.
Approved by Department Chairperson: Sara Meng
Date: 2/2009
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Division: Communications, Arts, and Social Sciences
Subject Code: ART
#: 184
Course Title: The Art of the Cinema
10.
Approved by Academic Division Dean: Thaddeus Sampson
Date: 3/4/09
This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335,
subchapters A / B.
This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the
policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is
consistent with the college mission.
If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar
courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and
universities.
11.
Director, Curriculum Compliance: Catherine A. Lencioni
Date: 3/9/09
12.
Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: Ronald R. Young
Date: 3/10/09
13.
Original Date of course approval by the college: Spring 1986
14.
Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes;
textbook(s)]: 28 March 1997, April 2000, 10/2001
Textbooks updated: April 2002
Textbook revision updated: April 2003
Project Review: 12/2004 Revisions: Learning Outcomes, Planned Sequence of Learning Activities
Project 2006. Revisions: Textbooks updated
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Chair and Discipline Approved Revisions: Textbooks – 1/2008
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Chair and Discipline Approved Revisions: Adjunct Textbooks – 1/2009
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Chair and Discipline Approved Revisions: Textbooks—2/2009
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12/1/04
Review and updated: 10/26/07; 1/11/08; 1/16/09
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