This course combines lecture, discussion, screenings, and hands-on production to introduce students to the study and practice of contemporary filmmaking across narrative, experimental, and generative forms. The course treats cinema as both a field of study and a creative practice, inviting students to analyze films, make films, and develop original work using both traditional filmmaking tools and emerging generative media tools. Through the close study of key films, filmmakers, and movements, students will examine how moving images create meaning through form, structure, sound, time, and narration. The course culminates in the creation of an original short film and a public screening of student work. By Permission Only.