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History of Cinema

History of Cinema

Code	13089
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Entry requirements	Some filmography and bibliography will be avaiable in foreign languages.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	At the end of this course, students should be able to: a) acquire basic knowledge about the historical and aesthetic evolution of cinema, namely the main movements, authors, aesthetics and technologies; b) articulate, in a reasoned and critical way, film production with contextual and structural elements of political, economic, social and cultural history. c) understand the evolution of the aesthetic and technological paradigms in the history of cinema.
Syllabus	1. Histories of the History of Cinema; 2. Pré-Cinema, "Early Cinema". 3. Birth of an industry: Hollywood and Europe 4. The Avant-guardes; 4.1. Surrealism and "impressionism" 4.2. Soviet editing; 5. Hollywood Genres; 5.1. Western; 5.2.Melodrama 5.3. Film Noir; 6. Neo-Realism; 7. New Cinemas and Modernity. 7.1 Nouvelle Vague. 7.2. New Cinemas around the world 8. "New Hollywood". 9. Documentary. 10. "New queer cinema" and independent cinema (90's)
Main Bibliography	Bordwell, D & K. Thompson. Film History. An Introduction. (1994) Cunha, P. & M. Sales. Cinema Português - um guia essencial (2013). Kovács, A. Screening Modernism. European Art Cinema 1950-1970. (2008). Mascarello, F. História do cinema mundial (2008). Nowell-Smith, G. The Oxford History of World Cinema. (1996). Stam, R. Introdução à teoria do cinema (2006). Filmography Grifffith, DW. Birth of a Nation (1915) Murnau, F.W. Nosferatu (1922) Stroheim, E. Greed (1924) Keaton, B. Seven Chances (1925) Lang. F. M (1931) Chaplin. C. City Lights (1931) Dreyer, C. Vampyr (1932) Ford, J. Stagecoach (1939) Welles, O. Citizen Kane (1941) Wilder, B. Double Indemnity (1944) Rossellini, R. Roma, cidade aberta (1945) Sirk. D. All that Heaven Allows (1955) Godard. J-L. A Bout de Souffle (1960) Rocha, G. Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol (1964) Penn, A. Bonnie & Clyde (1967) Scorsese, M. Meanstreets (1973) Coppola, F. Apocalipse Now (1979) Kramer, R. Route One USA (1989) Haynes, T. Safe (1995)
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.