This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to film appreciation and film theories. The course provides basic understanding of cinema which includes, film aesthetics and film history. Students will learn how to analyse and appreciate cinema from early, classic and contemporary world cinema. This course will focus on the basic understanding of cinema studies which includes, the art of mise-en-scène, semiotic, and cinematography. This subject will approach students to acknowledge important elements and theories in cinema studies such as genre theory, auteur theory, gender theory, film grammar, and how it relates to film analysis and appreciation.