CINE369G

How do films tell stories? And how does cinema tell stories differently from other media, especially literature? In this course, we will analyze the ways moving-image media construct the stories they tell. How do stories reflect the media that convey them, and is meaning in stories affected by various expressive forms? We will cover much of the history of narrative story-telling in cinema, from montage and continuity, to post-continuity. We will also address cinema in comparison to the forms that it borrows and adapts, especially comic books, literature, theater,and opera.