FS 342H - The Melodrama

Prerequisites, FTV 140, and FS 244, or FS 245. Students examine the history, developments and transformation within melodrama across national and global cinemas to explore diverse stories that are told through various representations of emotion. Melodrama is a fluid and potent vehicle for genre and cultural expression that has used a wide range of formal aesthetics to create powerful expressive and affective visual experience. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits