Lewis & Clark Moodle

Cultural, industrial, political, and economic, implications of digital technology and innovation, on cultural expression, media storytelling,, democracy, globalization, and news gathering and, dissemination. New media theory and investigation, of meaning, knowledge, and power related to, digital technologies. Investigation of the nature, of production of consumption and active audiences.

Cultural, industrial, political, and economic
implications of digital technology and innovation
on cultural expression, media storytelling,
democracy, globalization, and news gathering and
dissemination. New media theory and investigation
of meaning, knowledge, and power related to
digital technologies. Investigation of the nature
of production of consumption and active audiences.

Exploration of how LGBTQ identities and, communities have become visible in American, film/TV. Addressing both history and the present,, topics include classical Hollywood cinema, AIDS,, activism, race/intersectionality, contemporary TV,, family, and fandom. Projects include papers and, video essays. This course counts toward the gender, studies minor (instructor permission required).

This course is designed to introduce you to narrative cinema via a conceptual overview of narratology (narrative theory) and its manifestation in filmic conventions across global film history. We begin with a consideration of various models of storytelling across the arts and culture before interrogating norms and deviations within the Hollywood paradigm. We then shift to international traditions and variations before returning to the domestic expression of cult cinemas. The course concludes by considering short films with myriad subject matter, engaging multiple genres in order to consider narrative style, structure, characterization, dialogue, and the unique systems of representation exclusive to the short film.