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Course Description
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Course Name
Film Studies
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Host University
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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Location
Madrid, Spain
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Area of Study
European Studies, Film Studies, Media Studies, Radio - Television - Film
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Language Level
Taught In English
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Prerequisites
STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE COMPLETED
'Moving Image History' and 'Reading Moving Image'. -
Course Level Recommendations
Upper
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ECTS Credits
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Recommended U.S. Semester Credits3
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Recommended U.S. Quarter Units4
Hours & Credits
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Overview
COMPETENCES AND SKILLS THAT WILL BE ACQUIRED AND LEARNING RESULTS.
1-Competence to understand and analyse cinema from an academic perspective.2-A broad knowledge of the main film theories and methodologies.3-Competence to apply the different theories and methodologies in film analysis and research.4-Competence to research the field of film studies and understand its problematics.DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS: PROGRAMME1-What is cinema? Introduction and basic concepts.1.1-Ways of understanding Cinema. Industry, Institution, Culture, Aesthetic.1.2-Film Modes and Worlds: Documentary, Experimental and Fiction.1.3-Development of film theories.1.4-Film studies as a discipline.2-Enunciation theories.2.1-The problem of realism: Aristarco, Bazin, Kracauer.2.2-New realisms: from frame to pixel.2.3-Film's vindications: auteur cinema and Third Cinema. Art and Politics.3-Message theories.3.1-Russian Formalism: Vertov, Eisenstein.3.2-Textual passion and film as a language: semiotics and structuralism.3.3-The post-stucturalist reform.4-Reception theories.4.1-Feminism and gender studies.4.2-Cultural studies, multicultural phenomena.4.3-Visionary pleasures. Reception and fandom.LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND METHODOLOGY1-LecturesTheoretical classes that give the student a notion about the different film theories.2-PracticesCase studies.3-Student workWriting of an essay supervised by the professor.4-Midterm examASSESSMENT SYSTEM-Final Exam: 50 %-Essay/Student work/Debates/Class Participation/Midterm exam: 50 %-Active participation is highly encouraged and will be taken into consideration in terms of the final grade of each student.-Students must pass the final exam in order to pass the course. That is to say, a minimum grade of 2.5 out of 5 in the final is needed so as to be able to pass the class.-Plagiarism is strictly forbidden and implies a 0 out of 10 on the final grade.% end-of-term-examination: 50% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals): 50BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY- CHURCH GIBSON, Pamela and HILL, John (eds.). Film¿ Studies: critical approaches., OxfordUniversity Press, 2000- ELSAESSER, Thomas y HAGENER, Malte Film Theory:An Introduction through the Senses,Routledge, 2009- CORRIGAN, Timothy A short guide to writing about film, Longman, 2010ADITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY- BORDWELL, David y CARROLL, Nöel (eds.). Post-theory. Reconstructing film studies., University of WisconsinPress, 1996- BRAUDY, Leo y COHEN, Marshall (eds.). Film Theory and Criticism. Introductory Readings., Oxford UniversityPress, 2009- CHURCH GIBSON, Pamela y HILL, John (eds.). Film Studies: critical approaches, Oxford University Press, 2000- ELSAESSER, Thomas y HAGENER, Malte Film Theory: An Introduction through the Senses., Routledge., 2009- GLEDHILL, Christine y WILLIAMS, Linda (eds.) Reinventing Film Studies, Oxford University Press, 2000- GRIEVESON, Lee y WASSON, Haidee (eds.). Inventing Film Studies, Duke University Press., 2008- MILLER, Toby y STAM, Robert (eds). Film and theory. An anthology, Blackwell Publishers, 2000- MILLER, Toby y STAM, Robert (eds.). A Companion to Film Theory, Blackwell Publishers, 2004- NICHOLS, Bill (ed.). Movies and Methods. Volume 2, University of California Press, 1985- NICHOLS, Bill Engaging Cinema. An Introduction to Film Studies, W.W. Norton., 2010- POLAN, Dana Scenes of Instruction: The Beginnings of the U.S. Study of Film, University of California Press,2007- RODOWICK, D. N. The Virtual Life of Film, Harvard University Press, 2007- SITNEY, P. Adams (ed.). The Avant-Garde Film. A Reader of Theory and Criticism, Anthology Film Archives,1987.
Course Disclaimer
Please note that there are no beginning level Spanish courses offered in this program.
Courses and course hours of instruction are subject to change.
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