STUDY PROGRAMME
Graphic Design and Art Direction

AFAM CODE
ABPC66

DISCIPLINARY AREA
History of new media

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
History of cinema and video

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical

This course presents an excursus into the history of cinema starting from its origins to the contemporary production, with reference to TV series and their relation to cinema. Throughout the course, the understanding of cinema language and film production processes will be also carefully analysed.

The programme consists of one single module, which grants 6 credits.

Successful students will be able to:

• Contextualise the main films, genres and authors in the history of cinema

• Analyse cinematographic works with a critical approach, attention to contents and language, production and communication specificities

• History of cinema through the analysis of genres (such as German expressionism, Italian neorealism, French nouvelle vague, etc.), of the authors (among which Chaplin, Truffaut, Hitchcock, Kubrick, etc.) and of stage effects

• Cinematographic language and film production process

• Definition of camera take, sequence, scene, tracking shot

• Film opening credits

The programme focuses on theoretical courses.

Students will take part in the following activities, which may vary depending on the different topics covered:

• Classroom lectures

• Debates, presentations, peer assessment

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Individual study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Mid-term written exam: closed questions on the themes presented in class

• Written exam

• Optional oral exam

Further details about the exams will be provided by the professors.

• Bordwell, D., Thompson, K. (2012) Film Art: An Introduction, McGraw-Hill.

• Burton, T. (2006) Burton on Burton, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

• Truffaut, F. (1985) Hitchcock, Simon & Schuster.

Many of the recommended sources, together with additional material, are also available online on MyNaba, in the Library section.

Books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.