本课程提供电影史概览, 报道了19世纪90年代从摄影中诞生的电影, 商业扩张, 首先是伟大的演员和导演, artistic development in German expressionism and Soviet montage, 20世纪20年代声音的出现, and the beginning of the golden years of Hollywood before and during World War II through to the present. 学生将培养对电影的历史鉴赏能力, 探索叙事, documentary, 而实验形式和获得的关键, technical, and aesthetic vocabulary related to cinematic practices and structures.