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2023/2024

Film Genres

Code: 103076 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
2501928 Audiovisual Communication OT 3 1
2501928 Audiovisual Communication OT 3 2
2501928 Audiovisual Communication OT 4 2

Contact

Name:
Georgina Plana Espinet
Email:
gina.plana@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

None.


Objectives and Contextualisation

This subject, with 6 ECTS, is part of the Film syllabus of the faculty.

The general goal is to know the narrative and expressive conventions of the different generic patterns of fiction cinema, analyzing the established typologies and reflecting on their evolution throughout history. The subject has a theoretical wing, with special emphasis on screenings and case analysis, but also a practical one, with the realization of an audiovisual production that allows to reflect and deepen the learning of the narrative and iconographic codes of a cinematographic genre. There are also two film analysis seminars on two specific pieces.


Competences

    Audiovisual Communication
  • Differentiate the discipline's main theories, fields, conceptual developments, as well as their value for professional practice.
  • Disseminate the area's knowledge and innovations.
  • Manage the different forms of audiovisual programming according to various audiovisual genres.
  • Manage time effectively.
  • Research, select and arrange in hierarchical order any kind of source and useful document to develop communication products.
  • Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Apply theories learned to the analysis of the media reality and the development of audiovisual products.
  2. Disseminate the area's knowledge and innovations.
  3. Implement presentation, discursive and argumentative techniques to adapt them to audiovisual genres.
  4. Innovate by means of production and audiovisual programming.
  5. Manage time effectively.
  6. Promote innovations in product building.
  7. Research, select and arrange in hierarchical order any kind of source and useful document to develop communication products.
  8. Use one's imagination with flexibility, originality and ease.

Content

1. Introduction to the film genre theory.

										
											2. The Western: genre and history.

										
											3. Comedy: genre, history and case study.

										
											4. The Musical: genre and history.

										
											5. Crime Film / Film Noir: genre and history.

										
											6. Science Fiction: genre and narrative.

										
											7. The Documentary: genre, form and case study.

Methodology

The course is structured round:

1. Lectures, debates, case studies and readings.

2. Practical sessions in which the students will work in the realization of two practical exercises: a trailer recut and an audiovisual production of fiction in generic key.

The calendar will be available on the first day of class. Students will find all information on the Virtual Campus: the description of the activities, teaching materials, and any necessary information for the proper follow-up of the subject. In case of a change of teaching modality for health reasons, teachers will make readjustments in the schedule and methodologies.

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.


Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Contribution to the seminar debates 17.5 0.7 8, 1, 3
Lectures 15 0.6 1, 3
Shooting and editing of the visual essay 23 0.92 8, 7, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6
Shooting and presenting an audiovisual essay 61 2.44 8, 1, 5, 3, 4, 6
Type: Supervised      
Tutorials 7.5 0.3 8, 7, 5, 6

Assessment

The final grade comes from the combination of the following evaluative aspects:

  • Trailer Recut in terms of genre (20% of the mark).
  • Production of an audiovisual piece in terms of genre (30% of the mark).
  • Theoretical exam (30% of the mark).
  • Attendance, intervention and internship of the seminars (20% of the mark).

										
											To pass the subject, a minimum grade of 5 out of 10 must be obtained in the written exam and 5 out of 10 in a minimum of two of the activities listed above.
										
											Students will be entitled to retake the subject if they have obtained a minimum grade of 3.5 in the written exam and a minimum grade of 3.5 out of 10 in the report of the audiovisual project.

 

To pass the course, the student needs to get 5 over 10 or higher in the written exam and 5 over 10 or higher in at least two of the sections listed above.

The student can ask to undergo re-examination if the marks obtained in the written exam and the paper outlining the theoretical background of the visual essay are at least 3,5 over 10.


Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Contribution to the seminar debates 20% 6 0.24 8, 1, 7, 2, 5, 3, 6
Exercise 1: Trailer Recut 20% 6 0.24 8, 1, 7, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6
Exercise 2: Scene Reframing 30% 12 0.48 8, 1, 7, 2, 5, 3, 4, 6
Written exam 30% 2 0.08 1, 7, 2, 3

Bibliography

ALTMAN, Rick (2000): Los géneros cinematográficos. Barcelona: Paidós.

GRANT, Barry Keith (2013): Film Genre Reader IV. Austin: University of Texas Press.

KALINAK, Kathryn (2010):How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford. THE JOURNAL OF FILM MUSIC, VOLUME 2, NUMBERS 2-4.

KOLKER, R. P. (2002). Film, form & culture. Boston: McGraw Hill.

ROSENBERG, J. (2017). The Healthy Edit: Creative Editing Techniques for Perfecting Your Movie (2nd ed.). Routledge.

 

 


Software

Word processing basics (WORD, PDF).