School of Liberal Arts: Film Studies
2008-2009 Academic Year
336
Office:
219 Newcomb Hall
Phone:
504-865-5730
Fax:
504-862-3040
Email:
cbalides@tulane.edu
Program Administrator
Constance Balides, Communication (Director)
Faculty Associates
Ron Gural, Theater and Dance
Ana M. López, Communication
Felicia McCarren, French and Italian
Tatjana Pavlovic, Spanish and Portuguese
Michael Syrimis, French and Italian
Molly Travis, English
N. Frank Ukadike, Communication
Visiting Lecturer
Kevin Esch, Communication
Film Studies adopts a critical, theoretical and historical approach to the analysis
of individual films and to the study of cinema as an institution. Both the major
and minor programs assess film as a medium that employs specific formal
strategies in the process of producing meanings, and they interrogate critical and
theoretical debates about the significance of film as a cultural form and of cinema
as an industrial and institutional practice. The program also investigates various
national cinemas, extending the question of film and meaning to the historical
developments and cultural contexts associated with the role of cinema in different
countries. Film studies may be usefully combined with a range of other majors;
and students are encouraged to integrate production oriented courses and
programs with film studies.
A major in Film Studies requires the successful completion of ten film studies
courses, seven of which should be at the 300 level or above. All students working
toward the major will be required to take Communication 315 (Film Analysis)
and Communication 486 (Film Theory) as well as an upper level capstone course
during the senior year selected from designated special topics courses.
Electives may be selected from the list below. In the case of special topics courses
(indicated with an asterisk) only film topics will be considered and approval of
the Film Studies Director is required. Students should consult the Director