Course Details
Country:
Hong Kong
Institution:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Course Title:
Film Genres: Love, Death and Laughs
Course Number:
COMM 2932
Course Description:
This course focuses on a variety of film genres, such as detective and gangster film, musicals, comedies, family dramas and westerns. Genres have been popular since the beginning of the film medium and remain quite popular today. This class will examine the cultural and economic reasons for their continuing popularity. Film showings and film clips will demonstrate how genres evolve over time and how some of the great film directors have made genre films of lasting impact. This class assumes no prior knowledge of film. Students will be assessed on the basis of a paper and an examination.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
FAVS ----
Attachment Files:
Film Genres Love, Death and Laughs.pdf
