FILM TV 208BSeminar: Classical Film Theory
Film and Television · 6 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Study of principal topics and lines of inquiry that characterize theoretical writings of Arnheim, Eisenstein, Bazin, Kracauer, etc. Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
FILM TV 208B
- FILM TV 208CSeminar: Contemporary Film Theory
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.