The course provides a general understanding of the development of cinematographic art on the following levels: historic, aesthetic, industrial and social techniques. The curse begins with the birth of film as the “7th art,” developed from the world of entertainment or technical curiosity, to the formation of its own cinematograhic language and the development of diverse styles and themes, all tied to technical and socio-cultural reasons.
Course objetives:
General Objective:
Analyze the birth and development of
cinematographic art.
Specific Objectives:
--Learn the elements of the language of cinematography.
--Identify the schools or cinematographic tendencies in the world.
---Explain the social value of these schools.
--Describie the most important technical developments in film.
Learning methodology:
The course is divided into three parts: lecture; laboratory (during which audiovisual material will be shown corresponding to the first part of the course); and a time for questions and discussion.
The student will need to watch films outside of class. These films must be related to the film period studied in class. A report will be written for each film.
Program administration:
Use of time during class:
Each class lasts 1 hour and 50 minutes. The activities are organized in the following way:
45 minutes of lecture
45 minutes of film analysis
20 minutes of student participation
Course schedule:
Week 1
Birth of film as an art
(precursers to film Lumiére, Meliés, Porter, etc.)
Week 2
The language of film
(D.W. Griffith)
Week 3
The silent comedy
(Sennett, Chaplin, Keaton)
Week 4
German and European expressionism
(Wiene, Murnau, Lang)
Week 5
The Russian School
(Eisenstein, Pudhovkin, etc.)
Week 6
The “Star System” and Hollywood
Week 7
The revolution of sound
Week 8
The “Studio System” and the Golden Age of Hollywood
Week 9
The crisis of film in Europe and the US: War and television
Week 10
Italian neo-realism and the “nouvelle vague”
Week 11
Japonese cinema
Week 12
The new latinamerican cinema
Week 13
Hollywood from the 1960s to the present; Northamerican independent film
Latest tendencias in world cinema
Week 15
Course diagnostic and evaluation
Evaluation
Attendance: 40%
Reports: 40%
Participation: 20%
Total: 100%
Bibiliography
AA. VV. El Cine, su Técnica y su Historia. Editorial Ramón Sopena. Barcelona, 1984.
Parkinson, David. Historia del Cine. Ediciones Destino. Barcelona, 1998.
Sadoul, Gorges. Historia del Cine Mundial. Siglo Veintiuno Editores. México, 1972.
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