BYU Media Arts – Introduction to Media Arts Theory (391)

Introduction to Media Arts Theory (391)

TMA 391: Introduction to Media Arts Theory (3:6:0)

WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Spring
PREREQUISITE:	TMA 291; or TMA 292
DESCRIPTION:	Identifying and analyzing contemporary film and media theories, with application to specific media texts.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:	Articulate and develop your personal framework of how films make meaning and implement those values in his/her own filmmaking. film viewing and film analysis Using canonical film theory paradigms and vocabulary, understand and apply multiple ways spectators construct meanings while viewing films Competently analyze key film theories from 1915 to the present and apply them to specific film texts