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FILM 337 Cinema and the City Units: 3.00
An intermediate study of representations of the city in cinema and visual culture, the social histories from which these representations emerge, and the changing environments in which cinema is viewed.
NOTE Also offered at the Bader College, UK (Learning Hours may vary).
NOTE Also offered at the Bader College, UK (Learning Hours may vary).
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan) or (registration in a GPHY Plan and GPHY 101/3.0 and GPHY 227/3.0 and GPHY 229/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Investigate the relationship between the history of visual culture, their institutions/industries and the history of cities.
- Analyze how contemporary film and media makers are staging diverse, decolonial, intersectional, and differently abled visions of the city.
- Evaluate in written and creative form the diverse experience of cities, cinema and representation.
- Explore representations of global cities and how representations open spectators to the plurality of urban life.