Course Outline of Record

Item	Value
Curriculum Committee Approval Date	11/28/2018
Top Code	061210 - Film History and Criticism
Units	3 Total Units
Hours	54 Total Hours (Lecture Hours 54)
Total Outside of Class Hours	0
Course Credit Status	Credit: Degree Applicable (D)
Material Fee	Yes
Basic Skills	Not Basic Skills (N)
Repeatable	No
Grading Policy	Standard Letter (S)
Associate Arts Local General Education (GE)	OC Humanities - AA (OC1)
Associate Science Local General Education (GE)	OCC Arts - AS (OSC1)
California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC)	Cal-GETC 3A Arts (3A)
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)	IGETC 3A Arts (3A)
California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-Breadth)	CSU C1 Arts (C1)

Course Description

Introduces the analysis of film form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and history and culture. Explores the diverse possibilities presented by the cinematic art form through an examination of a wide variety of productions, national cinemas, and film movements. Topics include modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, ideology and critical analysis. Enrollment Limitation: FILM A100H; students who complete FILM A100 may not enroll in or receive credit for FILM A100H. Transfer Credit: CSU; UC.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome(s)

1. Analyze the historical facts, technological advancements, and significant trends in film history to understand their impact on the evolution of the film industry..
2. Evaluate the contributions of important figures in film history and appraise their representative styles to appreciate their influence on modern filmmaking.
3. Differentiate between various film genres by identifying their unique characteristics and historical development.

Course Objectives

• 1. Identify the important discoveries leading to the invention of motion pictures
• 2. Identify the founders of the motion picture industry
• 3. Discuss the creation of the motion picture industry on the East Coast
• 4. Discuss the creation of the motion picture industry in Hollywood
• 5. Describe slapstick comedy
• 6. Explain the development of sound in motion pictures
• 7. Identify different film genres
• 8. Discuss the important aspects of Gone with the Wind
• 9. Discuss the important aspects of Citizen Kane
• 10. Discuss the creative aspects of The Godfather
• 11. Identify the important aspects of the action film genre
• 12. Explain the evolution of censorship in the Hollywood film industry
• 13. Describe the creation of the Academy Awards and its importance to the film industry

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Lecture Content

Course Introduction       Film before film  Thomas Edison  The Lumiere Brothers   The First Films  Film Narrative D.W. Griffith M.P.P.C. – The Motion Picture Patents Council Film industry moves west    Slapstick Comedy  Mack Sennett  Charlie Chaplin  Buster Keaton Harold Lloyd   The German Golden Age  Expressionism UFA Studios Film Noir “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” “The Blue Angel” “The Last Laugh” “Metropolis”  Silent Soviet Film  Montage Sergei Eisenstein “The Battleship Potemkin”   Coming of Sound  Early Experiments Vitaphone system Rouben Mamoulian Busby Berkeley The Musical  The Studio System Finance Studio Heads Louie B. Mayer David O. Selznick “Gone With The Wind” Biopics Orson Welles William Randolph Hearst “Citizen Kane”  European Influence:    Surrealism Italian Neorealism French New Wave Cinema-Verite Auteur Theory Symbolism Censorship Early Censorship PCA – The Production Code Administration The Movie Ratings System   Hollywood In Transition Government Monopoly Suit Against Studios Union Strikes HUAC Investigations “Hollywood Ten rdquo; Threat of TV Development of Wide Screen Technologys Development of the “Epic” Genre Alfred Hitchcock Early Hitchcock Hollywood Success “Master of Suspense” Hollywood Renaissance  Film School Generation of Filmmakers Francis Ford Coppola Steven Spielberg George Lucas Rise of the Summer Blockbuster Film Action Film Genre   Early Action Films “The Great Train Robbery” Early Action Stars Popular Themes Common Plot Points Influence of Asian Martial Arts Films  Mainstream Stars/Action Heroes  Minorities/Women in film  Stereotyping Racism Contributions Black Cinema Asian Cinema Latino Cinema   Women in Film Early Women Filmmakers Common themes Rise of the Female Producer Rise of the Female Studio Head  Special Effects Early Special Effects Digital Effects  Awards AFI – American Film Institute AMPAS – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - Oscar

Method(s) of Instruction

• Lecture (02)
• DE Online Lecture (02X)

Instructional Techniques

Lectures, PowerPoint presentations, films, guest lectures.

Reading Assignments

40 hours per semester Students are assigned select readings from the class textbook, various online articles, web links, magazine publications and blog posts (2 – 2.5 hours per week)

Writing Assignments

8 hours per semester Students are assigned to complete fill-in questions from the textbook. (0.5 hours a week)

Out-of-class Assignments

56 hours per semester   Students are assigned to screen selected movies and videos to screen (3 - 3.5 hours a week)

Demonstration of Critical Thinking

Multiple-choice tests, written exams

Required Writing, Problem Solving, Skills Demonstration

Written projects to include but not limited to course summary and evaluation

Eligible Disciplines

Film studies: Masters degree in film, drama/theater arts, or mass communication OR bachelors degree in any of the above AND masters degree in media studies, English, or communication OR the equivalent. Masters degree required. Media production (also see broadcasting technology): Any bachelors degree and two years of professional experience, or any associate degree and six years of professional experience.

Textbooks Resources

1. Required Hall, B. HISTORY APPRECIATION OF CINEMA , N/A ed. Costa Mesa: Hall, B , 2014 2. Required Borwell, David and Kristin Thompson. Film Art: An Introduction, Ninth ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012 3. Required Barsam, Richard and Dave Monahan. Looking At Movies, Fourth ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2012 4. Required Corrigan, Tim. A Short Guide of Writing About Film, Eighth ed. Glenview, IL: Pearson Education Inc. , 2012 5. Required Zettl, Herbert . Sight, Sound, Motion, Seventh ed. Boston, MA: Wadsworth, 2014

Other Resources

1. Selected handout materials to be provided by the instructor