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Study Course Description

Introduction to the World Film History and Theory II

Main Study Course Information

Course Code

KSK_255

Branch of Science

Media and communications

ECTS

3.00

Target Audience

Communication Science

LQF

Level 6

Study Type And Form

Full-Time; Part-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor

Dita Rietuma

Structure Unit Manager

Ieva Puzo

Structural Unit

Faculty of Social Sciences

Contacts

Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf@rsu.lv

About Study Course

Objective

To familiarise students with world cinematic art history to ensure extension of the general humanistic outlook of students. To deepen understanding of the modern history of communication and media, and importance in the context of development of European culture. To familiarise with the most important stages, stylistic trends of development of the world cinematic art and the most important representatives of film culture – their canonical works. To learn and to be able to analyse the most brilliant examples of cinematic art, which characterise the development of film history, as well as to develop understanding of the development of film language and its effects on the modern audio-visual communication space. To provide information about the world film history and its development stages. To give an understanding of basic principles of film language. The course familiarises with the development of cinema in the second half of the 20th century, emphasising the dominant element of modernism trend in the European film history of 1950s and 1960s, which appears as an opposition to the classical Hollywood style, as well as it echo in world cinematography.

Preliminary Knowledge

The study course “Introduction to the World Film History and Theory I” has been mastered.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.As a result of mastering the course students: • Will recognise and understand main stages of development and stylistic directions of cinematic art (until 1940s–1950s). • Will analyse the interaction between cinematic art and development of society. • Will name and characterise the most important directions of cinematic art, as well as theoretical analysis approaches. • Will understand the principles of formation of film language and its use in different periods of time and in traditions of different national schools.

Skills

1.As a result of mastering the course students will have obtained: • Skill to recognise different cinematic art schools. • Skill to evaluate the impact of cinematic art on modern mass media. • Skills to analyse film authors and examples of cinematic art. • Skills to interpret the impact of cinematic art on public communication. • Skills to use cinematic art message approaches in multimedia communication.

Competences

1.As a result of mastering the course students: • Will evaluate audio-visual works in films, which developed starting from 1940s. • Will recognise different uses of film language. • Will orient in classical principles of film language, as well as in alternative use of modernism principles. • Will understand the main development stages of cinematic art and domineering stylistic principles. • Will see the link between modern audio-visual culture and important stages of development of cinematic art and theoretical and practical achievements in different periods of time.

Assessment

Individual work

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Individual work	-	-
To approbate the knowledge learned during lectures and seminars in the independent analysis (four A4 pages) and presentation of a film.

Examination

Title	% from total grade	Grade
1. Examination	-	-
• Participation in lectures. • Participation and activity in seminars. • Seminar diploma paper – film presentation and analysis (four A4 pages).

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME

Part 1

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Alfred Hitchcock – between the classical Hollywood style and authorship. Signature style within a studio system.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Genres: peculiarities of the thriller genre and the thrill mechanism in films by Alfred Hitchcock.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Development of neorealism in Italy in 1940s–1950s.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Authors of Italian films – Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni and others. Culmination of Italian art films in 1950s–1970s.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Modernism trends in European cinema. Author theories and birth of the French New Wave in 1950s–1960s – activities of François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and others.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Reverberations of New Wave (modernism trends) in Europe, as well as in Latvia (examples of films by Rolands Kalniņš).

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Impact of author theory in the United States and the New Hollywood at the turn of 1960s–1970s.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Beginning of the blockbuster era in Hollywood in 1970s–1980s.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Film development in Europe and the United States at the turn of the 20th and the 21st century.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Film development in Europe and the United States at the turn of the 20th and the 21st century.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Contact hours:

20 Academic Hours

Final Examination:

Exam (Written)

PART-TIME

Part 1

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Alfred Hitchcock – between the classical Hollywood style and authorship. Signature style within a studio system.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Authors of Italian films – Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni and others. Culmination of Italian art films in 1950s–1970s.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Modernism trends in European cinema. Author theories and birth of the French New Wave in 1950s–1960s – activities of François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and others.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Reverberations of New Wave (modernism trends) in Europe, as well as in Latvia (examples of films by Rolands Kalniņš).

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Impact of author theory in the United States and the New Hollywood at the turn of 1960s–1970s.

Class/Seminar

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Beginning of the blockbuster era in Hollywood in 1970s–1980s.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Film development in Europe and the United States at the turn of the 20th and the 21st century.

Lecture

Modality	Location	Contact hours
On site	Auditorium	2

Topics

Film development in Europe and the United States at the turn of the 20th and the 21st century.

Total ECTS (Creditpoints):

3.00

Contact hours:

16 Academic Hours

Final Examination:

Exam (Written)

Bibliography

Required Reading

Sklar, Robert. Film. An International History of the Medium. Themes and Hudson: London, 1993

Neimes, Jil (edited by). An Introduction to Film Studies. Routledge: New York, 1996

Bordwell, David, Thompson, Kristin. Film Art. An Introduction. McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1993

Abrams, Nathan, Ian Bell, Udris, Jan. Studying Film. Oxford University Press: New York., 2001

Villarejo, Amy. Film Studies. The Basic. Routledge, 2007

Other Information Sources

Filmas:

Dubultā apdrošināšana/Double Indemnity (1944)., rež. Billijs Vailders/Billy Wilder.

Sanseta bulvāris/Sunset Boulvard (1950), rež. Billijs Vailders/Billy Wilder.

Vertigo (1958), rež. Alfreds Hičkoks/Alfred Hitchcock.

Psycho/Psiho (1960), rež. Alfreds Hičkoks/Alfred Hitchcock.

Putni/The Birds (1963), rež. Alfreds Hičkoks/Alfred Hitchcock.

Logs uz sētu/Rear Window (1954), rež. Alfreds Hičkoks/Alfred Hitchcock.

Ceļš/La Strada (1954), rež. Federiko Fellīni/Federiko Fellini.

Kabīrijas naktis/Nights of Cabiria (1957), rež. Federiko Fellīni/Federiko Fellini.

10.

La Dolce Vita (1960), rež. Federiko Fellīni/Federiko Fellini.

11.

8 ½ (1963), rež. Federiko Fellīni/Federiko Fellini.

12.

Amarcord (1973, ) rež. Federiko Fellīni/Federiko Fellini.

13.

Nakts/La notte (1961), rež. Mikelandželo Antonioni/Mikelangelo Antonioni.

14.

Blow-up (1966), rež. Mikelandželo Antonioni/Mikelangelo Antonioni.

15.

Līdz pēdējam elpas vilcienam/Breathless (1960), rež. Jean Luc Godard/Žans Liks Godārs.

16.

Weekend (1967), rež. Jean Luc Godard/Žans Liks Godārs.

17.

Trakais Pjēro/Pierrot le Fou (1965), rež. Jean Luc Godard/Žans Liks Godārs.

18.

400 sitieni/The 400 Blows (1959), rež. François Truffaut/Fransuā Trifo.

19.

Pērn Marienbādē/Last Year at Marienbad (1961), rež. Alain Resnais/Alēns Renē.

20.

Zemeņu lauks/Wild Strawberries (1957), rež. Ingmars Bergmans/Ingmar Bergman.

21.

Persona/Persona (1966), rež. Ingmars Bergmans/Ingmar Bergman.

22.

Rozmarijas bērns/Rosemary's Baby (1968), rež. Romans Polaņskis/Roman Polanski.

23.

Panika Adatu parkā/The Panic in Needle Parks (1971), rež. Džerijs Šacbergs/Jerry Schatzberg.

24.

Duelis/Duel (1971), rež. Stīvens Spīlbergs/Steven Spielberg.

25.

Žokļi/The Jaws (1975), rež. Stīvens Spīlbergs/Steven Spielberg.

26.

Interneta avoti:

27.

http://www.davidbordwell.net

28.

http://www.filmsite.org/filmh.html

29.

Жорж Садуль. Всеобщая история кино http://zmier.livejournal.com/108763.html

30.

2001: Kosmiskā odiseja/2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), rež. Stenlijs Kubriks/Stanley Kubrick.

31.

Citplanētietis/E.T. (1982), rež. Stīvens Spīlbergs/Steven Spielberg.

32.

Pa asmeni skrejošais/Blade Runner (1982), rež. Ridlijs Skots/Ridley Scott.

33.

Parīze, Teksasa/Paris, Texas (1984), rež. Vims Venderss/Wim Wenders.

34.

Lubene/Pulp Fiction (1994), rež. Kventins Trantīno/Quentin Tarantino.

35.

Cīņas klubs/Fight Club (1999), rež. Deivids Finčers/David Fincher.

36.

Telma un Luīze/Thelma and Louise (1991), rež. Ridlijs Skots/Ridley Scott.

37.

Svinības/Festen/The Celebration (1998), rež. Tomass Vinterbergs/Thomas Winterberg.

Introduction to the World Film History and Theory II

Main Study Course Information

Study Course Implementer

About Study Course

Objective

Preliminary Knowledge

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

Skills

Competences

Assessment

Individual work

Examination

Study Course Theme Plan

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Bibliography

Required Reading

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