170.064 (22W) Introduction to film studies - with an excursion

Wintersemester 2022/23

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29.10.2022 09:00 - 13:00 D10.0.06 On Campus
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LV-Titel englisch Introduction to film studies - with an excursion
LV-Art Vorlesung-Kurs (prüfungsimmanente LV )
LV-Modell Präsenzlehrveranstaltung
Semesterstunde/n 2.0
ECTS-Anrechnungspunkte 6.0
Anmeldungen 23 (25 max.)
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Unterrichtssprache Englisch
mögliche Sprache/n der Leistungserbringung Englisch
LV-Beginn 29.10.2022
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Intendierte Lernergebnisse

The course will encourage and equip the students tobecome active spectator of film and consequently an engaged, sovereign writer,articulating their viewing experience. The basic of active viewing is not onlyto think carefully about movies but also an analytical approach to theconstruction of their meaning. Therefore, the course will provide an insightinto common types of film analysis, and offer strategies and resources foranalysis and interpretation of particular means of film expression, which arecrucial for the production of meaning. The final goal is to engage students inthe process of transforming the excitement and pleasure of watching a film intothe satisfaction of articulating ideas and insights about that movie.

Lehrmethodik

Lessons of the course combine lectures and seminars intensively supportedwith film screenings and discussions about selected texts and movies. Studentswill write short examples of different types of film texts, such as a screeningreport, a movie review, and a critical essay, during the seminar.

Inhalt/e

Timothy Corrigan, an author of A Short Guide to Writing about Film,is convinced that"students write better about a subject they know and likeand that few subjects today are enjoyed and understood more universally thanthe movies". The purpose of this course is based onthis conviction and assumption that the foundation to develop skills forbalance between personal opinion and critical evaluation of the movie is aprofound understanding of means of film expression. The starting point ofbecoming an active and critical spectator is an ability to analyse these meansand to articulate analytical outcomes. Therefore, students will get theknowledge of the most common types of film analysis, such as shot-by-shotanalysis, mise-en-scène analysis, analysis of filmaesthetics, narrative structure analysis, analysis of film style and contextualanalysis. At the same time, the course will equip the students with the skillsto articulate the findings of a particular analysis, which allow them totransform their insight into a persuasive vocabulary for writing assignments.However, the important aim is also to assure that careful thinking andanalytical writing don't disrupt the enjoyment of the movie-watchingexperience. On the contrary, it enriches it with the confidence of a morein-depth understanding of a film's meaning cinematic techniques used to provideit.

Part of the course is anexcursion to the Slovenian Cinematheque in Ljubljana. The excursion includes avisit to the exhibition about the most important Slovenian cineaste France Štiglic and ascreening of short films by one of the most eminent directors of the Yugoslav"black wave" cinema movement, Karpo Godina, who will be present forthe discussion.

Literatur

Timothy Corrigan, A Short Guide to Writing about Film, Boston(etc.), Pearson, 2015, (selected chapters p.p. 15-32 and 145-164).

 Michael Ryan and Melissa Leons, An Introduction to Film Analysis: Techniqueand Meaning in Narrative Film, London, New York, Continuum, 2012(selected chapters p.p. 1-46).

RobertEdgar-Hunt, John Marland and Steven Rawle, TheLanguage of Film, Lausanne, AVA Publishing SA, 2010 (selectedchapters p.p. 118-148).

Prüfungsinformationen

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Prüfungsmethode/n

Course attendance. Reading of prescribed texts (5 bookchapters). Active collaboration during class. Writing of short examples ofdifferent type of film texts about a selected movie.

Beurteilungsschema

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Position im Curriculum

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    • Fach: Freie Wahlfächer (Freifach)
      • Freie Wahlfächer ( 0.0h XX / 20.0 ECTS)
        • 170.064 Introduction to film studies - with an excursion (2.0h VC / 6.0 ECTS)
          Absolvierung im 1., 2., 3., 4., 5., 6. Semester empfohlen
  • Masterstudium Visuelle Kultur (SKZ: 655, Version: 18W.2)
    • Fach: Medien des Visuellen zwischen Hoch- und Populärkultur (Pflichtfach)
      • 3.2 Die Eigenästhetik visueller Medien ( 0.0h VC, SE / 6.0 ECTS)
        • 170.064 Introduction to film studies - with an excursion (2.0h VC / 6.0 ECTS)

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