Movies: The Art of Film (Udemy.com)
The Ultimate and Complete Art of Filmmaking Course With Practical Examples From Movies
Created by: Dale Ingham
Last updated October 2020
What you will learn
- The artistic elements of cinema and the creative elements a filmmaker uses in creating a movie.
- The language of film, including what the different artistic terms mean.
- How a filmmaker communicates theme or an artistic statement by using artistic elements of film.
- How to appreciate movies from a whole different perspective that most people don't understand.
How it compares
Against the other 293 rated Udemy courses in Video Editing & Animation on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 14% of them
- Reviews377#91 of 294 by number of reviews
- Length3.5 hoursshorter than 55% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2020earlier than 72% of them
Course Description
The course is for students interested in expanding their understanding of cinema by providing them with a fluency in and understanding of film’s unique language. As a professor at five colleges and universities in the United States, I'm happy to provide you my experience of 28 years of teaching by offering you this training. You will never watch a movie in the same way, after taking this course; I promise.
After taking this course, students will . . .
Gain a basic overview of cinema conventions that can be utilized as a consumer of moving image material within our media culture.
Learn a vocabulary of technical and aesthetic terminology to assist them in conversing about film.
Be better able to enjoy the art of motion pictures, appreciate the ways that the moving visual medium portrays the world, and perceive more fully the meaning of one of the most powerful popular arts.
Obtain an understanding of film history and film production and how these areas might relate to film analysis.
Understand the communicative elements of cinema and have the ability to identify and articulate artistic elements of both form and content.
Appreciate movies in a way that most people don't.
Have a solid, strong launching pad to pursue an interest in making movies or digital filmmaking.
Instructor Details
- 4.2 Rating
377 Reviews
Dale Ingham
Dale has a unique educational background and experience in the field of communications. He has worked in radio as an on-air news director and disc jockey, a videographer for a weekly local television program, has produced commercials for cable-TV. His own state-of-the-art, video/film production company produced his first feature, the romantic-thriller, Seduction of Innocence, in the 1990s.
As professor of communication, Dale has been teaching since October 1993; he teaches courses at several colleges and universities, including public speaking, art of film, and writing courses.
Dale enjoys fine dining, sporting events—especially baseball—thoroughbred horse racing, driving his Mustang convertible, attending musical theater, and of course, movies.
Dale is included in the 2001 edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World. He is honored to have been recognized by his peers and students by receiving several teaching honors and awards.
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Reviews
By Agueda González Diaz on 4/5/2026
Very good. Well done, Well narrated. Useful and accurate for those who love cinema. Useful information. BuT there is a problem: to follow the whole content you need a computer because it is impossible to access from your mobile or tablet. Anyway, I would choose it again .
By Quentin Packard on 3/27/2026
Good introduction to films, but drop the first section, A tribute to Movies, it is a waste of time.
By Tashina Bayer on 7/10/2023
Ich habe den Kurs mit Freude besucht. Die Videos haben eine gute Länge und sind leicht zu verstehen. Auch die Themenauswahl finde ich gelungen. Einzig die Art der Präsentationen (die Bilder) könnte etwas lebhafter gestaltet werden. Zum Beispiel mit mehr Videosequenzen.
By Jana Lajdova on 10/22/2022
The presentations, that are explaining the topics, are sadly very basic, some of them with quite little information. But it is balanced by the great video material explaining various topics especially regarding technical parts of movie making, the shots, lighting, angles, movement...everything with many many examples. The practical analysis of the short movie and all these video parts of the course were really great and exactly what I was looking for when signing up. I have learned a lot, thank you. The assignments do not bring much though, as they are just personal opinions.
By D Hari Narayan on 9/4/2021
Thank You Prof. Dale Ingham, for providing this course. One thing which I would like to highlight, is that the Quote displayed in the last video lesson, totally inspired and motivated me, indeed its the most inspiring quote ever seen till date!!
By Pete Francis on 4/13/2021
Some interesting presentations but far too much unimaginative PowerPoint sides being read up.
By Reggie Oberholtzer on 10/20/2020
no course is perfect but if I could give this course more than 5 stars, I would. really enjoyed it. there is a mixture of types of lectures and I appreciated the variety. the lectures and videos are well produced too. the last part is probably my favorite. I won’t give too much away but it was enjoyable. overall, highly recommended.
By Roxanne Rodella on 9/26/2020
If you want to understand and appreciate movies and the art of film, as some others have said earlier, this is the gold standard. The course is a mixture of AV slides material, but also a lot of video Instruction too. So happy I found this. A friend of mine told me about it. My movie viewing has new meaning to me now.
By Ron Jackson on 9/24/2020
1. the production quality of the course is top notch, impressive. 2. the instructor dale has a voice that is made for this. easy to understand. 3. the course is presented in a logical organization. 4. different types of teaching : slides, video, etc. 5. no matter what you know about movies, you will learn alot.
By Jennifer Xiong on 8/3/2020
I really took away a lot of knowledge from this course, and especially from someone that has a short attention span, it was super easy to follow along with the videos and very well organized. I can definitely see myself applying the knowledge I learned from this course to a real-life scenario and I'm excited to see it happen!
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Overall Score : 84 / 100






