Reading images: an introduction to film studies

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

During the course we will cover basic ideas about film history (e.g. cinematic avant-gardes), film analysis (e.g. mise-en-scène, editing and sound) and film theory (e.g. genre theory).

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

Introductory
The ability and willingness to read texts and watch films, think about them in critical ways and discuss in an open and supportive manner with the other people in the class.

No. The tutor will supply reading and watching material.

BIOGRAHICAL DETAILS:
Dr Cristina Massaccesi is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the School of European Languages, Cultures and Society of University College London. Her fields of teaching and research are Film Studies and Sequential Art. She's just published a book on FW Murnau's Nosferatu (Auteur and Columbia University Press, 2015) and is currently working on a new book project on James Cameron's Aliens (1986) for Auteur's forthcoming Constellations series.

Articles and extracts from the novels and the films will be provided to the students. The classes will be structured around a combination of tutor presentations and class discussions.

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Subjects

  • Sound
  • Film Studies

Course programme

- Identify key aspects in films.
- Appreciate the process behind filmmaking.
- Discuss films analytically and critically.

Proposed timetable
Week 1: The Birth of Cinema
Week 2: Cinematic Avant-gardes: German Expressionism and Soviet Montage
Week 3: Setting the scene: Mise-en-scène and Cinematography
Week 4: Creating a Story: Editing
Week 5: Hearing Films: Elements of Sound Design
Week 6: Introduction to Genre Theory.

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