Summer 2024 Film S3023 section 001

VIDEO GAMES AND FILM

Call Number 10342
Day & Time
Location
MW 1:00pm-4:10pm
504 Dodge Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Nick Braccia
Type SEMINAR
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Cinema and videogames are moving-image-based media, and, especially over the past two decades, they have been credited with influencing each other. But how deep do their similarities actually go? In what way do the possibilities available to game developers differ from those available to filmmakers? How does each medium segment and present space, time, and action? What aesthetic effects are open to games that are not open to cinema, and vice versa? This course offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic relationship between cinema and video games. Through a combination of film screenings, gameplay, theoretical reading/discussions, and practical assignments, students will examine the historical, cultural, aesthetic, and narrative connections between these two influential media forms. The course aims to foster an understanding of how cinema and video games intersect, inform, and influence one another, providing a unique perspective on storytelling techniques within these mediums. The course will culminate in a final presentation where students will adapt an existing intellectual property, preferably a film or TV show, into a video game (or vice versa), justifying their creative choices.

Web Site Vergil
Subterm 07/01-08/09 (B)
Department Summer Session (SUMM)
Enrollment 13 students (15 max) as of 9:05PM Monday, December 2, 2024
Subject Film
Number S3023
Section 001
Division Summer Session
Fee $30 Film Course Fee
Section key 20242FILM3023S001