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Cinema is both the primary art form of modern culture and the central component of the media industries that structure contemporary society. We cannot understand fully how music, painting, and literature, or other artistic practices have developed without seeing them in relation to cinema, and we cannot begin to comprehend the full significance of the media in our lives without first studying cinema. The major in Cinema Studies is designed to teach students to examine the meanings of cinema in the broadest, most interdisciplinary ways, considering movies as works of art, as cultural forms, and as industrial practices. Cinema Studies offers three kinds of courses. Electives are cinema courses open to all students without prerequisite. All such courses count toward the major. Introductory Core courses are Cinema Studies 101, Style, Form, and Meaning in Cinema, and the Cinematic Traditions Courses taught by the Cinema Studies Faculty. Cinema Studies 101 and one Cinematic Traditions course are required for the major. Advanced Core courses are 300- and 400-level courses taught by core faculty. These courses require at least Cinema Studies 101 or a Cinematic Traditions course or consent of the instructor as a prerequisite. Further information about the major, faculty and courses is available at the major's home page on the web. Major. The Cinema Studies Major requires 30 hours in Cinema Studies courses, including * Cinema Studies 101, Style, Form, and Meaning in Cinema. * At least one course from among the "Cinematic Traditions" courses. * At least three 300- or 400-level courses taught by core faculty. * A senior tutorial project; with consent of the program's core faculty, a 400 seminar may count toward this requirement. * Electives chosen in consultation with the student's advisor. Film Production. The Cinema Studies Major does not at this time offer a separate production track for the major. However, courses in Film Production do count toward the major. Spring Semester at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. The Cinema Studies major has a consortial arrangement with the Film Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Students interested in the spring semester at Tisch should consult with the Chair of the Cinema Studies major. All film courses, including those in film production, offered at Tisch count toward the Cinema Studies major at Oberlin. Transfer of Credit. No more than 15 hours of transfer credit in Cinema Studies may be applied to the Oberlin Cinema major. To have transfer credit approval toward the major and/or toward meeting prerequisites for upper-level courses, students should consult the director of the Cinema program (or his designate), preferably with syllabi in hand. Winter Term. Winter Term projects sponsored by Cinema Studies faculty will be according to the interests and availability of staff. Students also are encouraged to propose group projects which, with an approved sponsor, they will direct. Honors. Students interested in Honors in Cinema Studies should consult with the chair of the major committee early in the second semester of their junior year. Students who wish to do Honors should complete their Senior Tutorial Project the fall semester of their senior year (Spring semester of their Junior year for those graduating in December). Admission to Honors will be based on performance in the Senior Tutorial project.
Cinema Studies 101, 241, and 272 are open to students who have completed any Writing Intensive course, or have gained Writing Certification in any course in the Humanities. They are also open to those who have achieved a 5 on the AP exam in English Language/Composition or English Literature/Composition, or a score of 710 or better on the SAT II writing test. Other students may be admitted by consent of the instructor, with the understanding that students should be able to demonstrate the ability to handle writing, discussion, and analysis in ways typically taught in Writing Intensive classes. 101. Form, Style, and Meaning in Cinema 4 hours 4HU First semester. This course considers the cinema as a particular media form and explores issues and methods in cinema studies. The class focuses on questions of film form and style (narrative, editing, sound, framing, mise-en-scène) and introduces students to concepts in film history and theory (industry, auteurism, spectatorship, the star system, ideology, genre). Students develop a basic critical vocabulary for examining the cinema as an art form, an industry, and a system of culturally meaningful representation. Identical to ENGL 173. Enrollment Limit: 60. Mr. Pingree
Prerequisites: These courses are open to students who have completed any Writing Intensive course, or have gained Writing Certification in any course in the Humanities. They are also open to those who have achieved a 5 on the AP exam in English Language/Composition or English Literature/Composition, or a score of 710 or better on the SAT II writing test. Other students may be admitted by consent of the instructor, with the understanding that students should be able to demonstrate the ability to handle writing, discussion, and analysis in ways typically taught in Writing Intensive classes. 241. History of German Cinema 3 hours 3HU First Semester. For description, please see "German" in this catalog. Identical to GERM 341. Enrollment Limit: 30. Staff 272. American Cinema: The Possibilities of Art in the Entertainment Business 4 hours 4HU, WR Second Semester. This course will focus on how American cinema functions as an entertainment industry and the ways in which the demands of business and changes in technology have shaped it. At the same time, we will explore American movies as works of art produced in a tradition of strong genres and the star system, and efforts of filmmakers to use these for individualized expression. The course will focus particularly on two great eras of American cinema, 1939-42 and 1966-73. Identical to ENGL 272. Prerequisite: See headnote above. Enrollment Limit: 30. Mr. Day
371. The Scene of the Crime: Crime Stories in American Cinema 4 hours 4HU, WR Second semester. This course focuses crime stories from the point of view of the criminal and the policeman/detective in American Cinema, particularly during the last 40 years. Our concern is both how American movies represent crime and why this subject has become so important in American movies. Why has crime become a metaphor, an archetypal American story? We will also consider how crime movies have affected American Cinema in general. Identical to ENGL 371. Prerequisite: Two 200-level English courses, or CINE 101 and a Cinematic Traditions course, or consent of instructor. Enrollment limit: 25. Mr. Day 498. Senior Tutorial 4 hours 4HU, WR First and Second Semester. Students should consult with the Director of the Program about arranging a Senior Tutorial. Consent of instructor required. Staff 499. Honors Project 0-4 hours 0-4HU, WR Second Semester. Students interested in pursuing Honors should consult with the Director of the Program. Consent of instructor required. Staff 995. Private Reading 0.5-3 hours 0.5-3 HU First or Second Semester. Consent of instructor required.
These courses count as electives towards the Cinema Studies major. Students should register for these courses using the number in the department or program of origin. For full course descriptions see the department or program in this catalog. African American Studies 261 "Framing Blackness": African-Americans and Film in the United States, 1915-Present Art 059 VisPro: Digital Video Chinese (East Asian Studies) 109 Chinese Cinema Since 1980s Creative Writing 360 Screenwriting Workshop French 250 A Century of Dreams in French Cinema 473 Sex in Contemporary French Cinema Hispanic Studies 326 The Cuban Cinema and "Noticiero ICAIC" Musicology (Music History) 332 History of Film Music Russian 211 Russian Cinema 446 Senior Seminar: Special Topics in Russian Cinema |
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