See What I Mean: An Introduction to Film Theory
X410 (2 semester units in Film Studies)
What is moving about moving images? This course studies films: their ontological status as objects in the world (what films are); their cognitive value (how/what we understand in films); and their societal function (what we do with films). Learn about the dominant schools of thought in film theory from a philosophical perspective. In class you view classic documentary, fiction, and experimental films to understand different genres and their historical origins. Class discussions explore narrative, truth and meaning in film, and new perspectives on films as actions in the world.
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Mon. June 23, San Francisco
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BEATRICE SASHA KOBOW, M.F.A., Ph.D., is an award-winning director of short films and research assistant at UC Berkeley. She taught film theory, philosophy, and film-making in New York, Germany, and Serbia. She is the author of See What I Mean—Understanding Films as Communicative Actions.
- 5 meetings
- June 23-27: Mon.-Fri., 10 am-5 pm
- San Francisco: Room 205, South of Market Center, 95 Third St.
- $435 (EDP 014886)
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Textbook(s) for this course:
See What I Mean - Understanding Films as Communicative Actions
Author: Beatrice Sasha Kobow
Publisher: Mentis / Paderborn
Publication Year: 2007
ISBN: 3897855321
Courses begin every month. A new edition of our catalog is published
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