This course provides a survey of film history, covering the birth of film out of photography in the 1890s, its commercial expansion, first great actors and directors, 德国表现主义和苏联蒙太奇的艺术发展, the advent of sound in the 1920s, 以及好莱坞黄金时代的开始,从二战前到二战期间,一直到现在. Students will develop a historical appreciation of film, exploring narrative, documentary, and experimental forms and acquire the critical, technical, 以及与电影实践和结构相关的美学词汇.