STUDY PROGRAMME
Film & Animation

AFAM CODE
ABPC66

DISCIPLINARY AREA
History of new media

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
History of cinema and video

CREDITS
10

APPROACH
Theoretical

This course consists of an excursus into the history of cinema, from its beginning until today's production.

By studying the main phases of cinematography, the students will analyse the expression and production methods that lead to the contemporary scenario of audio-visual products in cinema and videos.

At the film analysis workshop, the students will view some fundamental works in the history of cinema, discussing their most relevant aspects.

The total credits for this course are 10, divided as follows:

• HISTORY OF CINEMA: 6 CFA = 6 ECTS

• SEMINAR ON FILM ANALYSIS: 4 CFA = 4 ECTS

Successful students will be able to:

• Know the different trends in the history of cinema, as well as the main theories of cinema

• Identify a film as belonging to a trend or artistic movement

• Discuss the main elements that characterise a film style

• Establish links between films from different eras, and identify their influences

HISTORY OF CINEMA:

• Cinema at its origins

• Historic avant-gardes in cinema

• From silent movies to talking pictures

• The rise of the film industry

• Hollywood genres

• Great authors of modern cinema production

• New Hollywood

• Post-modernity in cinema

SEMINAR ON FILM ANALYSIS:

• Viewing of films and debate

This is a theoretical course. During the course, the students will carry out the following didactic activities, which may vary depending on the topics that will be covered:

• Front lectures

• Debates, presentations, peer assessment

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Individual study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Graded exercises

• Oral exam

Further details on the specific tests will be given by each professor.

The final grade for this course will result from the weighted average of its modules.

• Bordwell, D., Thompson, N., Storia del cinema e dei film, Il Castoro cinema.

• Mereghetti, P., Dizionario dei film, Dalai editore.

• Truffaut, F., Il cinema secondo Hitchcock, Il Saggiatore.

• Aumont, J., Bergala, A., Vernet, M. (2009) Estetica del film, Lindau.

• Bordwell D., Thompson K. (2016) Film art: an introduction, McGraw Hill.

• Casetti, F. (1993) Teorie del Cinema 1945-1990, Bompiani.

A lot of the referenced material, together with other in-depth study material, can be consulted online in MyNaba, in the Library section.

Further books and other recommended or required resources may be specified by the professor.