Upon successful completion of the learning experience, students will be able to: describe the fundamental principles of film form and style, including narrative features, cinematography, editing, and sound; outline the basic formal elements of several film genres and film types, across a range of classic and contemporary U.S. and foreign films, including black-and-white, silent, and/or subtitled movies; analyze to describe what students see and hear when they watch a movie; discuss and write critically and effectively about the ways films move us aesthetically, intellectually, and emotionally.