STUDY PROGRAMME
Media Design and Multimedia Arts

AFAM CODE
ABPC66

DISCIPLINARY AREA
History of new media

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
History of cinema and video

CREDITS
6

APPROACH
Theoretical

This teaching offers an excursus into the history of cinema from its very beginnings to the contemporary production. Throughout the film analysis workshops, the students watch some fundamental works and discuss their main features.

The programme grants 8 credits, divided as follows:

• HISTORY OF CINEMA: 6 CFA

• SEMINAR ON FILM ANALYSIS: 2 CFA

By the end of the programme, successful students will be able to:

• Know the various trends in the history of cinema

• Identify a film as belonging to a specific current or artistic movement

• Discuss the main elements that characterize a film style

• Find connections between films of different eras and identify their influences

HISTORY OF CINEMA:

• Cinema of the origins

• Historical avant-gardes in cinema

• From silent to talking films

• Rise of the film industry

• Hollywood genres

• Great authors of modern cinema

• Post-modernism in cinema

SEMINAR ON FILM ANALYSIS:

• Film analysis and class discussions

The programme focuses on theoretical courses.

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

• 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:

• Graded exercises

• Oral exam

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

The final grade will result from the weighted average of the programme modules.

MANDATORY:

• Bordwell, D., Thompson, N. (2009) Film History: An Introduction 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill.

RECOMMENDED:

• Burton, T. (2006) Burton on Burton, 2nd Revised Edition, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

• Kuhn A., Westwell G. (2012) A Dictionary of Film Studies (Oxford Quick Reference), Oxford.

• 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.

More books and resources might be requested or suggested by the professors.