Film theory 2

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
306FT2	ZK	2	26S	English	winter

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Name of lecturer(s)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The course aim is to introduce students to the changes in editing from the beginnings of cinema to the advent of sound.

Mode of study

Discussions, analyses of media recording samples, Analyses of texts.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Awareness of the significance of editing theory knowledge for one's own creating.

Course contents

The course applies structural and semiotic theories to analyses of a specific film work or part of a work. It introduces students to the connotations and methods of using the concepts of language, speech, code, sign, meaning, the signifier, the signified, text, metatext, narrative, message. It deals with the categories of signs and the typology of signs (icons, symbols, etc.).

Topics:

1.Film language, film speech, elements and dimensions of film language. Sign, symbol, emblematic depiction, symbolic depiction.

2.Nature and structure of film narrative. Creation of meaning in film. Meaning and representation.

3.Movement, time, space. Organization of space as a narrative element.

4.Image – autonomous space. Organization of signs in a space delineated by image. Double reality of image.

5.Why watch the image. The viewer creates the image, the image creates the viewer. Similarities between image and viewer.

6.Illusion and representation. Mental distance and identification. Image – source of affection.

7.Specific and abstract space. Composition and the point of view.

8.Analogy and reference. Plastic and iconic. Photogeny, photography, film.

Assessment methods and criteria

Activity in lectures

Completion of on-going tests

Completion of the final exam.

Note

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Further information

No schedule has been prepared for this course

The subject is a part of the following study plans

Montage-1819 (required subject)