Theory of Montage 2

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
306TM2	ZK	2	2PT+10CS	English	winter

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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:

Film language, film speech, elements and dimensions of film language. Sign, symbol, emblematic depiction, symbolic depiction.
Nature and structure of film narrative. Creation of meaning in film. Meaning and representation.
Movement, time, space. Organization of space as a narrative element.
Image – autonomous space. Organization of signs in a space delineated by image. Double reality of image.
Why watch the image. The viewer creates the image, the image creates the viewer. Similarities between image and viewer.
Illusion and representation. Mental distance and identification. Image – source of affection.
Specific and abstract space. Composition and the point of view.
Analogy and reference. Plastic and iconic. Photogeny, photography, film.

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Completion of on-going tests

Completion of the final exam.

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