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