This video is part one of a two-part series that seeks to introduce what the academic study of film aesthetics entails.

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What is Film Studies?
   • What is Film Studies?  

FILMS FEATURED
Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2009) https://amzn.to/39MZC5B
The 400 Blows (François Truffaut, 1959) https://amzn.to/3FrXkoe
L’arrivée d’un train à La Ciotat (Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière, 1896)    • [Actual 4K Scan] The Arrival of a Tra...  
The Wizard of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) https://amzn.to/3L8H9O1
A Grand Day Out (Nick Park, 1989) https://amzn.to/3sn0Tql

REFERENCES
· Klevan, Andrew. (2018). Aesthetic Evaluation and Film. Manchester University Press.
· Lamarque, Peter. “History of Aesthetics.” Oxford Bibliographies in “Philosophy”. Oxford UP, last modified 25 Oct. 2012, https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/...
· Noble-Olson, Matthew. “Film Aesthetics.” Oxford Bibliographies in “Cinema and Media Studies. Oxford UP, last modified 28 Sep. 2016, https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/...
· Pappas, Nickolas. "Plato’s Aesthetics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/f...
· Shelley, James. "The Concept of the Aesthetic", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/w...

MUSIC
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“Lighthouse”
“Jellyfish”
“Abyssal”
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TIMECODES
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:49 What is Aesthetics?
00:03:39 What is Film Aesthetics?
00:06:45 Conclusion

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