STUDY PROGRAMME
Media Design and Multimedia Arts

AFAM CODE
ABPR35

DISCIPLINARY AREA
Direction

DISCIPLINARY FIELD
Direction

CREDITS
8

APPROACH
Theoretical/project based

This teaching aims at providing basic theoretical and practical knowledge of the professional competencies in the conception and creation of audio-visual projects, also through personal analysis to guide the students towards the shaping of their own poetics. Throughout the film analysis workshop, the students view, discuss and analyse relevant work in the film production, with a focus on narrative experimentation and seminal stylistic avant-gardes of contemporary cinema.

The programme grants 8 credits, divided as follows:

• SEMINAR ON FILM ANALYSIS 2: 2 CFA

• DIRECTION 1: 6 CFA

Successful students will be able to:

SEMINAR ON FILM ANALYSIS 2:

• Understand the relation between theme and narration

• Critically analyse a film work, also in relation to the historical context that it comes from, as well as the future context that it will influence

DIRECTION 1:

• Conceive and create an authorial audio-visual product

• Convey personal ideas within a small cinema set

• Coordinate a small production team

• Present and support personal artistic choices

SEMINAR ON FILM ANALYSIS 2:

• Film analysis and class discussion

DIRECTION 1:

• Direction styles

• Authorial research

• Short film story and screenplay

• Pre-visualization

• Casting

• Actors’ direction

This is a theoretical/project based course.

The students will take part in the following activities, which may vary depending on the development of different projects:

• Classroom lectures

• Use of tutorials, videos or other media tools

• Exercises and revisions

• Workshops

• Individual or group projects

• Individual or group study and research

Assessment tools may include:

• Submission of papers, projects or research work

• Written 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.

• DeKoven, L. (2006) Changing direction: a practical approach to directing actors in film and theatre, Focal Press.

• Ejzenstejn, S. (2000) Notes of a Film Director, Fredonia books.

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.