Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2502758 Humanities | OT | 3 | 2 |
2502758 Humanities | OT | 4 | 2 |
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No prerequisites are required
- Know the main film schools and authors of the history of cinema
- Understand the cinematographic context in which these movements are developed
I. Early cinema
1. Origins of cinema: historical context
2. Pre-cinematic devices: inventions and mythical imaginary
3. Pioneers of cinema: science, entertainment and industry
4. Cinematographic genres: the cinema between high and low culture
5. Primitive Mode of Representation (M.R.P.) vs. classic cinema (M.R.I.)
II. American classic cinema
1. Hollywood: birth and evolution
2. Film as an industry: Studio System and Star System
3. The grammar of classic cinema
4. Film genre codes: main authors
III. European realisms
1. French poetic realism
2. Italian neorealism
IV. New European film and American alternatives
1. Nouvelle Vague
2. Cinema Nuovo
3. Free Cinema
4. Neue Deutscher Film
5. Other European cinematographies
6. New Hollywood and American Independent Cinema
V. Avant-garde, underground and experimental cinema
1. French impressionism
2. German Expressionism, Kammerspielfilm and New Objectivity
3. Soviet montage films and kino-glaz
4. Cinema and artistic avant-gardes, experimental and underground film
VI. Peripheral cinematographies
1. Latin America
2. Asia
3. Africa
VII. Overview of contemporary cinema
- Theoretical and practical classes directed by the professor
- Viewing and commentiary of films.
- Study, readings and personal work
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL CLASSES | 24 | 0.96 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Type: Supervised | |||
VIEWING AND COMMENTARY OF FILMS | 58 | 2.32 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
READINGS AND PERSONAL WORK | 25 | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
STUDY OF THE CONTENTS | 25 | 1 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
- Oral presentation about a contemporary filmmaker (35%)
- Exam of the contents (35%)
- Viewing and commentary of films (30%)
Observations:
- Single assessment: work about a filmmaker (35%), exam of the contets (35%) and viewing of films (30%)
- Review: On carrying out each evaluation activity, lecturers will inform students (on Moodle) of the procedures to be followed for reviewing all grades awarded, and the date on which such a review will take place.
- Recovery: To participate in recovery, students must have previously been evaluated in a set of activities whose weight equals a minimum of 2/3 of the total grade. The activity of viewing and commentary of films will not be recoverable.
- Not assessed/Not submitted: Students will obtain a “Not assessed/Not submitted” course grade unless they have submitted more than 30% of the assessment items.
- Plagiarism: In the event of a student committing any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade awarded to an assessment activity, the student will be given a zero for thisactivity, regardless of any disciplinary process that may take place. In the event of several irregularities in assessment activities of the same subject, the student will be given a zero as the final grade for this subject.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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EXAM OF THE CONTENTS | 35% | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
ORAL PRESENTATION ABOUT A FILMMAKER | 35% | 9 | 0.36 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
VIEWING AND COMMENTARY OF FILMS | 30% | 6 | 0.24 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Film History
AA.VV., Historia General del Cine (12 vols.), Cátedra, Madrid, 1995-1998
Gubern, Romà, Historia del cine (2 vols.), Lumen, Barcelona, 1971
Sánchez Vidal, Agustín, Historia del cine, Historia 16, Madrid, 1997
Early Cinema
Burch, Noël, El tragaluz del infinito, Cátedra, Madrid, 1995
American Classic Cinema
Altman, Rick, Los géneros cinematográficos, Paidos, Barcelona, 2000
Bordwell, David; Staiger, Janet; Thompson, Kristin, El cine clásico de Hollywood, Paidos, Barcelona, 1997
Gomery, Douglas., Hollywood: el sistema de estudios, Verdoux, Madrid, 1991
European Realisms
Quintana, Àngel, Fábulas de lo visible, El Acantilado, Barcelona, 2003
New European Film
Torreiro, Casimiro; Riambau, Esteve; Monterde, José Enrique, Los “Nuevos Cines” europeos (1955-1970), Lerna, Barcelona, 1987
Avant-garde, Underground and Experimental Film
Sánchez-Biosca, Vicente, Cine y vanguardias artísticas, Paidos, Barcelona, 2004
Tejeda, Carlos, Arte en fotogramas. Cine realizado por artistas, Cátedra, Madrid, 2008
Peripheral Cinematographies
Elena, Alberto, Los cines periféricos: África, Oriente Medio, India, Paidos, Barcelona, 1999
Contemporary Cinema
Quintana, Àngel, Después del cine. Imagen y realidad en la era diglital, El Acantilado, Barcelona, 2011
- Moodle
- Teams