Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester, the student will be able to:
1. describe the circumstances of the birth of cinema,
2. recognize and analyze the traits of the main film movements of the 1895-1930 period,
3. recognize and analyze the traits of the main film genres, movements and styles of the 1930-1948 period,
4. distinguish and explain the sociopolitical context that influence cinema and
5. conduct bibliographical research
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course engages with the relation between history and the cinema, the formation of the cinematic medium and the technological, social and economic conditions of the film industry, covering the period 1895-1948. We study the pioneers of the cinema, the key movements in the silent era, the Hollywood Studio Era (1930-1948) with special emphasis on the development, traits and conventions of the popular film genres (screwball comedy, musical, film noir, western), French Poetic Realism, Italian Neorealism and Greek cinema. In addition, we discuss the impact of the historical, socioeconomic and political context in the production and distribution of motion pictures. Finally, we present the basic principles of academic research. By the end of the semester, the students should be able to identify and analyze the key features of the cinema between 1895-1948 and to relate them to the wider social and historical environment that nurtured them.
Keywords
history, development, first steps, movements, silent, poetic realism, genre
Additional bibliography for study
• Pinel, Vincent. Σχολές, Κινήματα & Είδη στον Κινηματογράφο. Mμφ. Μ. Καρρά, (επιμ.) Χ. Δερμεντζόπουλος. Αθήνα : Μεταίχμιο, 2004.
• Σκοπετέας, Γιάννης. Η Δημιουργία της Μυθοπλαστικής Αφήγησης και τα Είδη των Κινηματογραφικών Ταινιών, 2016. https://repository.kallipos.gr/bitstream/11419/5729/1/00_master_document.pdf
• Στεφανή, Εύα. Δέκα Κείμενα για το Ντοκιμαντέρ. Αθήνα: Πατάκης, 2007.