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Film Theory I

Film Theory I

Code	9787
Year	2
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	1 – Determine cinema origins and its specificity as an art form 2 – Identify and master the main cinema theories 3 – Discuss the cinematographic phenomenon with a critical look 4 – Identify and establish a creative connection between film theory and praxis - identify the beginnings of cinema and its main characteristics - identify the main cinema theory authors and explicit their theoretical proposals - Discuss the cinematographic phenomenon in its characteristics and in relation to other arts - Identify and creatively establish the consequences of theory in the cinematographic praxis
Syllabus	1 – Cinematographic art: the invention of the cinematograph. The cinema of attractions. First theoretical approaches: Münsterberg and French school. 3 – Theoretical paradigm of “silent” cinema: Rudolf Arnheim. The cinema according to Vertov and Eisenstein. Theoretical paradigm of “sound” cinema: the realist theory of Bazin and Kracauer. 4 – The Filmology. The “auteur” theory. Structuralism. 5 – Regime of movement-image and regime of time-image. 6 – Contemporary cinema theory. The film spectator. 7 – Filmmakers theory: Bresson, Tarkovsky, Pasolini.
Main Bibliography	1. Main bibliography Robert Stam, Film theory, an introduction, Blackwell, 2000 André Bazin, O que é o Cinema?, Livros Horizonte, 1992 Siegfried Kracauer, Theory of Film, The Redemption of Physical Reality, Princeton University Press 1997 2. Supplementary bibliography Andrey Tarkovsky, Sculping in Time, The Great Russian Filmmaker Discusses his Art, University of Texas Press 1998 Dudley Andrew, Major film theories. An introduction, Oxford University, 1976
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.