Film Analysis and Criticism

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01012528
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

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Work in this unit will be divided between moments of film exhibitions and group analysis and discussion of films, or parts of films, sometimes followed by an exercise of close reading of movie reviews or critical essays on those films.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the semester, students should be capable of (i) recognizing and distinguishing the moment of analysis from the moment of criticism; (ii) analyzing and evaluating sequencies and entire movies; (iii) recognizing and using the notions and the terminology presented by the unit; (iv) writing pieces of film criticism.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The methods of film analysis: theme, textual, narrative and psychoanalytical analysis.
2. Intrinsic and extrinsic analysis: formalism vs context.
3. Film image analysis and soundtrack analysis.
4. History, pedagogy and politics of film analysis.
5. Analysis and theory; analysis and interpretation; analysis and criticism.
6. Definition and genres of film criticism.
7. Theory, criticism, cinephilia.
8. The legitimation problems of film criticism.
9. The role of critics in the history of film.
10. Some key critical essays.

Head Lecturer(s)

Xosé Iván Villarmea Álvarez

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Amiel, Vincent (2010) Estética da Montagem. Lisboa: Edições Texto & Grafia.
Aumont, Jacques (2008) O Cinema e a Encenação. Lisboa: Edições Texto & Grafia.
Aumont, Jacques e Marie, Michel (2010) A Análise do Filme. Lisboa: Edições Texto & Grafia.
Bazin, André (1992) O Que é o Cinema? Lisboa: Livros Horizonte.
Bordwell, David e Kristin Thompson (2009) Film Art: An Introduction, 9.ª ed. Nova Iorque: McGraw-Hill.
Carroll, Noël (2008) On Criticism. Londres: Routledge.
Chion, Michel (2011) A Audiovisão. Som e Imagem no Cinema. Lisboa: Edições Texto & Grafia.
Clayton, Alex e Andrew Klevan, eds. (2011) The Language and Style of Film Criticism. Londres: Routledge.
Corrigan, Timothy (2009) A Short Guide to Writing About Film, 7.ª ed. Nova Iorque: Pearson Longman.
Gardies, René (org.) (2011) Compreender o Cinema e as Imagens. Lisboa: Edições Texto & Grafia.
Grilo, João Mário Grilo (2008) As Lições do Cinema. Manual de Filmologia, 3ª reimpressão. Lisboa, Edições Colibri / FCSH da UNL.