Film, Images & Historical Interpretation in the 20th Century
Learning about the history of filmmaking is also a way to increase your filmmaking skills. So one of the best online film courses is Film, Images & Historical Interpretation in the 20th Century. This course is a short taster on the topic of the use of Images, Film, and their use in historical interpretation in the 20th century. It is primarily provided for those who have a general interest in history that draws on photojournalism as primary evidence, and films based on historical events.
Once you have completed this course, you will be equipped to:
- Appreciate the significance of photographs as historical evidence in the twentieth century.
- Understand the limitations of the medium, and how we can attribute meaning to these individual records of 'one moment in time' while taking into account the circumstances in which any particular image was taken.
- Understand how individuals and institutions have looked to manipulate images to their own ends – through alteration and/or censorship – and what that meant to contemporary interpretation, as well as subsequent historical interpretation.
- Put individual images into a wider context, and in particular with reference to history written, or portrayed, beyond academia: public history.
This course offers:
- Flexible deadlines: Reset deadlines based on your availability.
- Get a Certificate when you complete
- 100% online
- Beginner level
- Approx. 9 p.m. to finish
- Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Coursera Rating: 4.6/5
Enroll here: https://www.coursera.org/learn/film-images
