Course teached as: B021466 - FORME DEL CINEMA MODERNO E CONTEMPORANEO (Modulo 1) Second Cycle Degree in PERFORMING ARTS Curriculum PROSMART: PRODUZIONE DI SPETTACOLO, MUSICA, ARTE E ARTE TESSILE
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The visual styles of art cinema: the new cinema of the Sixties and its heritage.
Francesco Casetti, L’occhio del Novecento: cinema, esperienza, modernità, Bompiani, Milano, 2005.
Francesco Casetti, La galassia Lumière. Sette parole chiave per il cinema che viene, Bompiani, Milano, 2015.
Vittorio Gallese, Michele Guerra, Lo schermo empatico. Cinema e neuroscienze, Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2015.
Federico Pierotti, Un’archeologia del colore nel cinema italiano. Dal Technicolor ad Antonioni, ETS, Pisa, 2016.
Luca Venzi, Colore, in Roberto De Gaetano (a cura di), Lessico del cinema italiano, vol. 1, Mimesis, Milano-Udine, 2014, pp. 173-238.
Learning Objectives
Knowledge and understanding: advanced knowledge of modern and contemporary cinema and understanding of narrative forms and styles of each period.
Applying knowledge and understanding: advanced knowledge of film analysis’ methods and understanding of film techniques.
Making judgements: advanced analytical skills in the field of film form.
Communication skills: use of proper terms of film analysis, film style and cinematic language.
Learning skills: autonomous use of analytical tools for the study of cinematic narration and style.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of the main periods of film history.
Teaching Methods
Lesson with projection of filmic sequences.
Further information
Enrollment in moodle website is mandatory.
Type of Assessment
Oral examination. Open questions about: a) the subjects discussed during the course; b) slides and films on MOODLE website; c) bibliography and filmography of the course program. The examination will last 30-40 min.
The modality will be the same for attending and non-attending students. The latter, however, must refer to a different bibliography and filmography. For further information, please consult the MOODLE website at e-l.unifi.it
Course program
1. Introduction:ì. The visual styles of art cinema: the new cinema of the Sixties and its heritage.
2. The art cinema and the idea of author: the new Italian cinema.
3. The nouvelle vague: new formal and stylistic tendencies.
4. Fall and rebirth of film genres: New Hollywood; a modern approach to film genre.
5. Europe and Soviet Union between the Sixties and the fall of the Berlin wall.