Aesthetics and History of Cinema I

Year
0
Academic year
2021-2022
Code
01012736
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

None specific knowledge. Minimum proficiency in the English and French languages is recommended.

Teaching Methods

Classes are expository and include film screenings (or excerpts) and moments of discussion that enable the sustained participation of students.

Learning Outcomes

Objectives:

1) understand the aesthetic diversity of cinema between the end of the 19th century, throughout its silent period, and the beginning of sound cinema — as well as their original social and cultural contexts

2) explore the theoretical writings that have accompanied such aesthetic practices

Competencies to develop:

1) understanding of the aesthetic diversity of cinema between the end of the 19th century, throughout its silent period, and the beginning of sound cinema — as well as their original social and cultural contexts

2) knowledge of the theoretical writings that accompanied such aesthetic practices

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The First Cinema

• images and movement

• percursors

• a varied art

• mise-en-scène and editing

• american cinema and national cinemas

2. The Late Silent

• French impressionism 

• German expressionism

• Soviet montage cinema

• American slapstick

3. The Development of Sound Cinema

• images and sounds

• American classicism

• French poetic realism

• international vanguards.

Head Lecturer(s)

Sérgio Emanuel Dias Branco

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in classes: 10.0%
Frequency: 40.0%
Research work: 50.0%

Bibliography

 

ALLEN, Robert C., and Douglas GOMERY. Film History: Theory and Practice. New York: Random House, 1985.

THOMPSON, Kristin e David BORDWELL. Film History: An Introduction, 3.ª ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.

XAVIER, Ismail, ed. A Experiência do Cinema, 4.ª ed. São Paulo: Edições Graal, 2008.

DIXON, Wheeler Winston e Gwedolyn Audrey Foster. A Short History of Film. London: I. B. Tauris, 2008.

HILL, John e Pamela CHURCH GIBSON. The Oxford Guide to Film Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.

NOWELL-SMITH, Geoffrey, ed. The Oxford History of Wolrd Cinema. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

STAM, Robert. Film Theory: An Introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2000.