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Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Cinema, Photography and Television
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Objectives
Contents Introduction to the film language and history from its beginnings to the 1990s. Constitution of the cinema field in Italy.
Extended Syllabus The course is made up by a part devoted to the film language, and a prevailing part on the film history from its beginnings to the 1990s. The lessons focus mainly on European and North American cinemas, but also address other geographical areas. The latter part of the course will focus on the configuration of cinema as a social field in Italy.
Recommended Bibliography 6 CFU
a. Kristin Thompson, David Bordwell, Storia del cinema. Un’introduzione, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 2022 (chapters 1-8, 9.3-12, 15).
b. Fare storia del cinema. Metodi, oggetti, temi, a cura di Fabio Andreazza, Roma, Carocci, 2022.
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c. Kristin Thompson, David Bordwell, Storia del cinema. Un’introduzione, Milano, McGraw-Hill, 2018 (chapters 16, 19-20) (in addition to the previous texts).
For students who plan not to attend lessons, class notes can be substituted by the following book:
Gianni Rondolino, Dario Tomasi, Manuale del film. Linguaggio, racconto, analisi, Torino, UTET, 2018.
All students must present a list of five films for the final exam, chosen among the ones discussed during class, or analysed in the bibliography. An in-depth knowledge of these films will be required.
Students having difficulties with the Italian readings should contact the teacher for a list of texts in English. Please send an email to: fabio.andreazza@unich.it .
Teaching Methods This teaching (taught lessons) is 63 hours long.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The final assessment consists of an oral exam on the entire syllabus. The aim is to assess students’ skills and in particular, an understanding of the issues discussed during the course, an appropriate knowledge of the bibliography in the course programme, critical and methodological abilities and communication skills will be evaluated. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 with honours (cum laude): 1-17 fail, 18-21 sufficient, 22-24 fair, 25-27 good, 28-29 very good, 30-30 with honours (cum laude) excellent.
Contacts/More Information The teacher will be available to offer individualised tutoring in English to any international students who would request assistance with the preparation for the exam, or would need some additional guidance about the programme as a whole.