Cinematography Analysis 1

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
304CCA1 Z 1 2T English winter

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Learning outcomes of the course unit

Analyse the „camera's tools“ used in support of the emotional effect of the film screened

Mode of study

seminar

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Knowledge of cinematography as well as, analysis and review skills.

Course contents

Analyse the „camera's tools“ used in support of the emotional effect of the film screened. Film screenings and analyses from the cameraman's perspective

Cameraman's dramaturgy

A light atmosphere and how to create it for film and digital filming.

Camera movement.

Psychological and emotive effects of the picture composition.

Recommended or required reading

Manual for cinematographers : David Samuelson's „Hands-on“ manual for cinematographers, Oxford : Focal Press , 1998, ISBN: 0-240-51480-7

Film directing shot by shot : visualizing from concept to screen, Studio City, CA : Michael Wiese Productions in conjunction with Focal Press, 1991, ISBN: 0-941188-10-8 (brož.), 978-0-941188-10-4 (brož.)

Daniel Arijon: Grammar of the film language, Los Angeles : Silman-James Press , 1991, ISBN: 1-879505-07-X

Paul Génard: Lumiére: les premiére photographies en couleurs, Paris : Barret , 1974

Juhani Pallasmaa ; translation and checking: Michael Wynne-Ellis: The Architecture of image : existential space in cinema, Helsinki : Rakennustieto , 2007, ISBN: 978-951-682-628-1

Assessment methods and criteria

Credit is awarded for the completion and presentation of the course paper - topic to be agreed upon with the instructor + 70% attendance

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