CINE 495

Spring 2011 All Classes

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Advanced Cinema Studies Topics

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Intensive study of critical and historical issues in cinema and related screen media; topics vary and typically include national and ethnic cinemas, directors, genres, historical movements, and thematic studies.

3 undergraduate or 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate semesters as topics vary to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours. Prerequisite: Two college-level Cinema Studies courses or consent of instructor.

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CINE 495 class schedule data for spring 2011
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
55426	Laboratory Lecture	1G 1G	3:00PM -4:50PM 2:00PM -2:50PM	W WF	430 Armory 430 Armory	Baird, R Baird, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Digital Cinema Section Info: Movies in the Age of Gaming, CGI, YouTube, and Avatar Begins by exploring the ways silent shorts and early "cinema of attractions" borrowed from theater, painting, and photography and are themselves prototypical of the first web movies and recent YouTube hits. A quick catalog of exemplary viral videos highlights parodies and special effects show pieces, but also more serious activist examples. We also look at music videos, landmark digital films, motion-capture, 3-D, video game films, comics, and the graphic novel. Students attend screenings, contribute to group presentations, practice critical analysis of media in online blogs and wikis, create a multimedia essay in graphic novel format, and, with a group, create an original new media work. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
31315	Laboratory Lecture	1U 1U	3:00PM -4:50PM 2:00PM -2:50PM	W WF	430 Armory 430 Armory	Baird, R Baird, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Digital Cinema Section Info: Movies in the Age of Gaming, CGI, YouTube, and Avatar Begins by exploring the ways silent shorts and early "cinema of attractions" borrowed from theater, painting, and photography and are themselves prototypical of the first web movies and recent YouTube hits. A quick catalog of exemplary viral videos highlights parodies and special effects show pieces, but also more serious activist examples. We also look at music videos, landmark digital films, motion-capture, 3-D, video game films, comics, and the graphic novel. Students attend screenings, contribute to group presentations, practice critical analysis of media in online blogs and wikis, create a multimedia essay in graphic novel format, and, with a group, create an original new media work. Restriction(s): Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
52123	Conference	MFI	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Flinn, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11