Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will be able to:

• Explain the key concepts of 'intertextuality'
• Define cinematic text, grammar and traditions
• Describe the theory of counterculture cinema
• Identify the work of the French masters and their contribution to cinema
• Analyze the work of Jean Renoir and his contribution to cinema.
• Describe the history of French New Wave
• Describe a brief historical overview of the Academy Awards
• Analyze the work of famous filmmakers of classic Hollywood
• Explain the concept of 'melodrama' in classic Hollywood