FMS 3010

FILM CRITICISM

Film Criticism offers an analysis of the various techniques and established critical theories that will provide the conceptual framework to explore the relationship of film to the other arts and sciences. The course will examine the major film theories of the classical theorists such as Eisenstein and Bazin, the Auteur theory first espoused by the editors of Cahiers du Cinema, as well as the study of Semiotics developed by Christian Metz, Umberto Eco, Roland Barthes, Warren Buckland (Cognitive Semiotics) and others.

Units: 3.0