VACA 381 Cinema and Visual Theory (2 SH)

Movies will be the foundation for exploring how these texts, with their narrative and visual formulas, influence culture. Special emphasis will be given to critiques in the areas of gender, race and violence. Select theorists of visual communication will give students a broad theoretical base to continue the exploration of other digital media with their mixture of photograph, kinetic text, sound and time-based media. Students will also explore how these theories and the formal properties of digital media function in their own artistic works.