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FILM 339 Media and Culture at the End of the 20th Century Units: 3.00
This course will focus on the rapid technological changes of the 1990s and their effects on media, including cinema, advertising, music, and television. Topics may include: teen markets and popular culture; the rise of specialty channel television; racial diversity and the family sitcom; changing music videos aesthetics; New Queer Cinema; etc.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan) or (FILM 236/3.0 or FILM 240/3.0 or FILM 260/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop an advanced understanding of critical concepts in film and media theory, with specific regard for feminist, queer, and critical race studies.
- Form connections across weeks, critically charting historical developments in technology and society.
- Recognize the recurrence of technologies, aesthetics, and images from the 1990s in today's culture.
- Synthesize, critique, and apply key theoretical concepts to texts screened in-class.
- Understand 1990s history and its impact on artistic strategies in filmmaking and beyond.