Introducing students to Film Studies, this course aims to focus on the development of cinema as an art form and of American cinema in a historical framework, and to provide the methodology through which film, as a form of representation, is analyzed.
Course Contents
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction
2nd Week
Chapter 1: Looking at Movies
3rd Week
Chapter 1: Looking at Movies- continued
4th Week
Chapter 2: Principles of Film Form
5th Week
Chapter 3: Types of Movies
6th Week
Chapter 3: Types of Movies- continued
7th Week
Chapter 4: Elements of Narrative
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Chapter 5: Mise-en-Scene, Chapter 6: Cinematography, Chapter 7: Acting- to be covered very briefly
10th Week
Chapter 8: Editing, Chapter 9: Sound- to be covered very briefly
11th Week
Chapter 10: Film History
12th Week
Chapter 11: How the Movies Are Made- to be covered very briefly
13th Week
Work Towards Group Projects
14th Week
Presentation of Group Projects
Recommended or Required Reading
Barsam, Richard and Dave Monahan. Looking at Movies: An Introduction to Film. 6th ed. New York: Norton, 2019.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Lecture
Discussion
Project
Presentation
Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity
Percentage (%)
Mid-term
1
30
Project
1
30
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
