FILM110

evaluate how narrative, aesthetic, and production choices contribute to a film's meaning.

Reasoning

incorporate cinematic vocabulary into rhetorically effective written and oral responses to film.

Communication

reflect critically on how films contribute to the social construction of identity (e.g., gender, race, ethnicity, religion, physical/mental ability, class, and/or sexuality).

Reasoning

defend well-reasoned interpretations with evidence drawn from specific elements of the film.

Communication, Reasoning

analyze similarities and differences between domestic and global cinematic traditions (for instance, how filmmakers from different societies address political, economic, technological, and/or cultural factors).

Reasoning

recognize the historical context and collaborative nature of film.

demonstrate active viewing strategies by applying a variety of critical methods to a film's narrative content and audio-visual expression.

Communication, Reasoning

identify similarities and differences between narrative and non-narrative films.