The Silent Film: An Introduction
Course Number:
DOCST 208S.01
Course Instructor:
Thomas Whiteside
Location:
TBD
Days and Times:
TBD
The first thirty-five years of cinema as an emerging art form and mode of communication. Aesthetic, technical, and cultural aspects of the medium will be considered in historical context, from nineteenth-century experiments to nascent narrative conventions and the first disruptive avant-garde movements. Focus is on close reading of relevant films.