Reading 1:  Introduction--Why Study Film?

Reading 2:  Hollywood and the Age of Transnational Multi-Media Conglomerates 

Reading 3:  The Communal Instinct (The Social Dimension of Hollywood)

Reading 4: The Culture of Deception (The Film Star and Fake Celebrity)

Reading 5:  Multiculturalism and Hollywood (and U.S. Imperialism)

Reading 6:  Hollywood and the War on Terror (the Politics of Cinema)

Reading 7:  Western Colonialism and Africa (Foundational Knowledge)

Reading 8:  Learning to be White (Race and Cinema) 

Reading 8(a): Being Black in Nazi Germany (Background on Where Hands Touch)

Reading 9:  Packet of Reviews (of Select Films)

Reading 10:  Packet of Instructor Notes on Cinema 

Reading 11:  Packet of Instructor Notes on Select Films  

Reading 12:  Film Glossary   

Reading 13:  Cinematic Techniques

Reading 14:  The Film Industry

Reading 16: Social Aspects of Film Production

Reading 17: Stages of Filmmaking

Reading 18:  Mise en scene 

Reading 19:  Technology: Image and Sound

Reading 20:  Types of Camera Shots in Films  

Reading 21:  Why do Cuts Work (film editing/ montage)

Reading 22: Montage 

Reading 22(a): Montage in Spike Lee's Films  

Reading 32:  Marketing of Films (Economics of Cinema)