Film Analysis and Criticism
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2019-2020
01012528
Área Científica do Menor
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
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)
NoSyllabus
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.