Contemporary Film & Television

Course Information
TitleΣύγχρονος Κινηματογράφος και Τηλεόραση / Contemporary Film & Television
Code8ΙΚ2
FacultyFine Arts
SchoolFilm
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CoordinatorDespoina Kaklamanidou
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID600019122

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Film Studies (2009-2013)

Registered students: 37
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreElective Courses beloging to the selected specialization846
Class Information
Academic Year2023 – 2024
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600248127
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
  • Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
This is a seminar/workshop based course. Therefore, attendance is mandatory (only two absences are excused during the semester). We will not take attendance for the first class which is the students' chance to audit. Attendance will begin in the second class. No new students are allowed from the third class onwards.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester, the student will be able to discuss the prevalent technological, narrative and aesthetic aspects of contemporary US film and television as well as the most significant issues of representation.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Work autonomously
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
This course examines the major technological advances and aesthetic and narrative forms in contemporary American film and television.
Keywords
film, television, genre
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
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures602
Reading Assigment401.3
Tutorial200.7
Written assigments301
Total1505
Student Assessment
Description
The students are evaluated based on a mandatory essay of 2,000-2,500 words including endnotes and bibliography (85%) and class participation (15%)
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Βασιλειάδου, Δήμητρα et al. (επιμ.). Ανδρισμοί. Αναπαραστάσεις, υποκείμενα και πρακτικές από τη μεσαιωνική μέχρι τη σύγχρονη περίοδο. Αθήνα: Δάρδανος, 2019. Κακαβούλια Μαρία και Περικλής Πολίτης (επιμ.). Αφήγηση: Μια πολυεπιστημονική θεώρηση. Αθήνα: Δάρδανος, 2022. Βαμβακάς, Βασίλης & Γρηγόρης Πασχαλίδης (επιμ.). Το Κουτί. Εικόνες της Σύγχρονης Ελλάδας στην Ιδιωτική Τηλεόραση. Αθήνα: Brainfood, 2023. Pippin, Scott. Φιλμαρισμένη Σκέψη. Μτφ. Γιάννης Μολυνδρής. Αθήνα: Υδροπλάνο, 2023. Corrigan, Timothy & Patricia White. H εμπειρία του κινηματογράφου. Μια εισαγωγή. Mτφ. Δ. Αλεξανδρή, επιστ. επιμ. Δέσποινα Κακλαμανίδου. Αθήνα: Κλειδάριθμος, 2020.
Additional bibliography for study
Mittell, Jason. Genre and Television: From Cop Shows to Cartoons in American Culture. New York: Routledge, 2004. Mittell, Jason. Complex TV. The Poetics of Contemporary Television Storytelling. New York: New York University Press, 2015.
Last Update
04-08-2024