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Online Class: Film Appreciation 101

Film Appreciation 101 will take you on a journey through the world of film. You'll gain insight into the medium through a review of the history, styles, genres, movements and criticisms. This course is for anyone interested in film and film making so if you love film, why not gain an informed opinion that will hopefully make your enjoyment of the film medium deeper.

Lessons cover:

Ø Lesson 1: The Value of Film Viewing

Ø Lesson 2: Early Film History

Ø Lesson 3: The Filmmaking Process

Ø Lesson 4: 100 Years of Film Styles and Movements

Ø Lesson 5: Film Psychology

Ø Lesson 6: Films To Watch----1900--1960

Ø Lesson 7: Films To Watch 1960---2007

Ø Lesson 8: General Ideas on Art Theory as a Consumer Habit

Ø Lesson 9: Film Composers to Know

Ø Lesson 10: Film Directors to Know

Ø Lesson 11: How to Get Your Money's Worth at the Movies

Ø Lesson 12: New Ways to Enjoy Film, Technology, and the Future

Ø Lesson 13: Personal Enrichment as a Film Audience Consumer

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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1.0 CEUs

Course Description

'Film Appreciation for Modern Audiences' is intended as a journey through the world of film, for a sampling of the thought and accumulated critical opinion that forms the basis of the modern stature of 100 years of film-making, as art or culturally important dramatic work.

If you love film, here you can learn more about the narrow-passages of film-analysis, discussion of film, the period genres and movements in film-style, and more, for an informed opinion that will hopefully make your enjoyment of the film medium deeper.

This course may be useful for professionals who need to be informed and conversant about the film-industry; for the layman who wants to know as much as he can about the world of film for his personal enjoyment; or for the student, hoping to become familiar with the 'lay-of-the-land' for film-criticism.

Chapters include discussions on:

v How you can get real enjoyment from the films you watch, and why you should care

v Early film-history

v The process of film-making and how it relates to understanding the films you watch

v A look at 100 years of film-styles, genres and movements

v A discussion of film-psychology, and some fascinating aspects of the perception of films

v A review of 'films to watch', taken in 20-year periods starting in 1900, and moving through 2007, featuring all the classics from each era

v General ideas about film and art-theory as a consumer habit

v Film composers to know

v Film directors to know

v How to get your twenty-dollar's worth at the movie-theater

v New ways to enjoy film and new audience technologies

v And much more

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

Lesson 1: The Value of Film Viewing - This lesson asks the question "Why do we enjoy watching movies?"
Lesson 2: Early Film History - This lesson describes the evolution of filmmaking, the inventors, and early actors.
Lesson 3: The Filmmaking Process - This lesson describes the different phases of the filmmaking process.
Lesson 4: 100 Years of Film Styles and Movements - This lesson describes how technology, culture, and current events affect movie making.
Lesson 5: Film Psychology - This lesson describes how writers and directors can get reactions from movie goers.
Lesson 6: Films To Watch----1900--1960 - This lesson explores the popular, classic, and well made pictures of this era.
Lesson 7: Films To Watch 1960---2007 - With new technology, popular movies are changing. Here are some of the most watched.
Lesson 8: General Ideas on Art Theory as a Consumer Habit - This lesson focuses on questions of art theory. What makes movies "art" or "classic?" What makes a picture "good" or "bad?"
Lesson 9: Film Composers to Know - This lesson lists many of the most popular movie composers and some of their greatest hits.
Lesson 10: Film Directors to Know - This lesson lists influential film directors of the past and the present.
Lesson 11: How to Get Your Money's Worth at the Movies - This lesson examines how box office receipts are influenced by the reviews and by consumer likes and dislikes.
Lesson 12: New Ways to Enjoy Film, Technology, and the Future - This lesson examines some of the new technology available for watching movies.
Lesson 13: Personal Enrichment as a Film Audience Consumer - This lesson provides insight into "reality" vs "big screen."

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