CAVES AND SHADOWS
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Topic Index

The following topics will be covered through 30-36 weekly lessons.
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  1. A Christian Approach to Motion Pictures
    1. Justification / Need for Cinema Literacy for Christians
    2. Mechanics and Perception of Cinema / Approaching Cinema as Illusion
  2. History of Cinema
    1. Evolution of Cinema Prior To “Motion Pictures” / Pre-Cinema History
    2. Conversion from Pre-Cinema to Cinema
    3. Early Cinema History / Pioneers And Their Cinematic Influence
  3. Identifying A Grammar Of Cinema
    1. Who We See As Audience / Realism / Formalism
    2. What We See As Audience / Mise-en-scène
    3. How We See As Audience / Cinematography
    4. What We Hear As Audience / Sound Design
    5. How We Construct Cinematic Reality As Audience / Editing
  4. Identifying A Logic Of Cinema
    1. Critiquing The Argument of a Film
    2. Recognizing Worldview / Introduction to Major Film Theories
  5. Identifying A  Rhetoric of Cinema
    1. Applying Cinema Literacy as Audience
    2. Applying Cinema Literacy As Artist
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