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B003277 - HISTORY AND CRITICISM OF THE CINEMA
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Academic Year 2013-14
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Humanities (DILEF)
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
L-ART/06 - CINEMA, PHOTOGRAPHY AND TELEVISION
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
30
Teaching Term
03/03/2014 ⇒ 06/06/2014
Attendance required
Yes
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
A Survey of film history as a history of XX Century:
cultures, generations and countries.
cultures, generations and countries.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
- Sandro Bernardi, L'avventura del cinematografo. Storia di un'arte e di un linguaggio, Marsilio, Venezia, 2007.
- Federico Pierotti, La seduzione dello spettro. Storia e cultura del colore nel cinema, Le Mani, Recco (GE), 2012.
- Federico Pierotti, La seduzione dello spettro. Storia e cultura del colore nel cinema, Le Mani, Recco (GE), 2012.
Learning Objectives
The course aims to improve the knowledge of the main periods of the history of European and American cinema.
Prerequisites
None
Teaching Methods
Lessons with projections of film sequences.
Further information
Mandatory attendance course for full-time students. Possible dispensations can be allowed for motivated reasons.
Type of Assessment
Written examination with open questions.
Course program
1. Film history in ten steps: an introduction
2. Cinema of attractions: from view to film
3. Cinema as language: the birth of cinematic language
4. Avant-garde cinema: the power of images
5. Classic cinema: narration and style
6. Cinema and modernity: from Neorealism to Nouvelle Vague
7. Contemporary cinema/1: Speed Racer (Andy e Lana Wachowski, 2008)
8. Contemporary cinema/2: The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
9. Contemporary cinema/3: Mullholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
10. Contemporary cinema/4: Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Sandro Bernardi, L’avventura del cinematografo. Storia di un’arte e di un linguaggio, Venezia, Marsilio, 2007. Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (fino a p. 109), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (fino a p. 233), 12.
b) Federico Pierotti, La seduzione dello spettro. Storia e cultura del colore nel cinema, Recco (GE), Le Mani, 2012. Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8.
2. Cinema of attractions: from view to film
3. Cinema as language: the birth of cinematic language
4. Avant-garde cinema: the power of images
5. Classic cinema: narration and style
6. Cinema and modernity: from Neorealism to Nouvelle Vague
7. Contemporary cinema/1: Speed Racer (Andy e Lana Wachowski, 2008)
8. Contemporary cinema/2: The Aviator (Martin Scorsese, 2004)
9. Contemporary cinema/3: Mullholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)
10. Contemporary cinema/4: Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
a) Sandro Bernardi, L’avventura del cinematografo. Storia di un’arte e di un linguaggio, Venezia, Marsilio, 2007. Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (fino a p. 109), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 (fino a p. 233), 12.
b) Federico Pierotti, La seduzione dello spettro. Storia e cultura del colore nel cinema, Recco (GE), Le Mani, 2012. Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8.