Winter 2023

 

UMASS WINTER 2023 FILM COURSE GUIDE

FILM-ST 397SF – Making Short Films

Instructor: David Casals Roma 
Meeting: Online
Credits: 3

This course is aimed at students who want to learn the process of making a short film and to put that knowledge into practice. Students will go through the basics of storytelling, shooting techniques and editing, and will learn the necessary steps to take their film idea from paper to screen.
UNDERGRADUATE FILM STUDIES CERTIFICATE CATEGORY: V
FILM STUDIES MAJOR CATEGORY: 

FILM-ST 497Z – The Horror Film

Instructor: Barry Spence 
Credits: 3
Meeting: Online 

Do you like spine-tingling cinema? Sitting in the dark terrified before the luminous screen? This course is for you. We will examine the horror film, both in terms of the history of the genre and in terms of what defines the form. This will not be a usual trip through the horror landscape; instead, we will emphasize the form's formative history and some of its international subgenres. The primary work for this course will consist of studying horror films and discussing them. (Film Studies Major: N or E; Film Certificate Categories III, IV, and V)
UNDERGRADUATE FILM STUDIES CERTIFICATE CATEGORY: III, IV, V
FILM STUDIES MAJOR CATEGORY: N, E