FILM THEORY III
| Title | ΘΕΩΡΙΑ ΚΙΝΗΜΑΤΟΓΡΑΦΟΥ ΙΙΙ / FILM THEORY III |
| Code | 3ΘΚ2 |
| Faculty | Fine Arts |
| School | Film |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Christina Adamou |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 280007579 |
Programme of Study: UPS of School of Film Studies (2009-2013)
Registered students: 183
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core | Compulsory Course | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 4 |
| Class ID | 600236986
|
Class Schedule
| Building | Τμήμα Κινηματογράφου |
| Floor | Όροφος 1 |
| Hall | Εργαστήριο Φωτογραφίας (417) |
| Calendar | Παρασκευή 09:00 έως 12:00 |
Course Type 2021
General Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600236986
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=10320
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
This course is taught in Greek. It is available to Erasmus students via the preparation and writing a final project with the aid of the tutor.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester students will be able to:
1. understand the material and be able to apply it in film analysis,
2. practice in participatory observation
3. assimilate new theoretical concepts.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course focuses on the critical analysis of contemporary cinema, with regard to meaning making, narration and movments such as avant-garde, modern cinema, self-referential films and postmodernism. The course also introduces students to contemporary film theories, such as semiotics, psychoanalytic and feminist film theory.
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 52 | 1.7 | |||
| Seminars | 30 | 1 | |||
| Reading Assigment | 35 | 1.2 | |||
| Exams | 3 | 0.1 | |||
| Total | 120 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Description
100% final essay
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Κρακάουερ, Σ. (1983), «Βασικές Έννοιες» στο Θεωρία του Κινηματογράφου (Αθήνα: Κάλβος).
Αρνχάιμ, Ρούντολφ (2008), Το Φιλμ ως Τέχνη (Αθήνα: Καθρέφτης)
Additional bibliography for study
Μπαζέν, Α. (1988α), «Σχετικά με την εξέλιξη της κινηματογραφικής γλώσσας» στο Τι Είναι Κινηματογράφος 1 (Αθήνα: Αιγόκερως).
Bordwell, D., J. Staiger, and K. Thompson (1985), The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960 (New York: Routledge).
Altman, R. (1999), ‘A Semantic/syntactic approach to film genre’, in B. K. Grant (ed.), Film Genre Reader II (Texas: University Texas Press): 26-40.
Neale, S. (1995), ‘Questions of genre’, in B. K. Grant (ed.), Film Genre Reader II (Texas: University Texas Press): 157-183.
Schrader, P. (1995), ‘Notes on film noir’, in B. K. Grant (ed.), Film Genre Reader II (Austin, TX: University Texas Press): 218-223.
Elsaesser, T. (1991), ‘Tales of Sound and Fury: Observations on the Family Melodrama’ in Marcia Landy (ed.), Imitations of Life: a Reader on Film and TV Melodrama (Detroit: Wayne State University Press): 68-91.
Last Update
29-09-2022
