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Film Genre

Code	13102
Year	2
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Entry requirements	Bibliography and filmography in English or Spanish may be provided.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	Understanding the contemporary media ecosystem and the main effects of digitization in various genres and formats. Identifying and understanding emerging cinematographic and audiovisual formats, namely how they are articulated and present new forms of expression. The student should master the theoretical foundation to understand and reflect upon the modalities of digital works, both in an intermediality and hypermedia context. Developing skills to conceive and direct autonomously a piece of work on Expanded Cinema or the so-called New Cinemas. At the end of the class, the student should master and apply the logic, creative processes and tools that define New Media projects.
Syllabus	1. Introduction to New Media 1.1. The Language of New Media 1.2. Intermediality and Hipermediality 2. Convergence 2.1. Transmedia Narrative 2.2. The Global Screen 2.3. Participatory Culture 3. Cinema and Interactivity 3.1 Cinema and Videogames 3.2 Interactive Documentary 4. Cinema and Immersion 4.1 The concept of dispositif in Cinema 4.2. Expanded Cinema - Synesthesia, Syncretism and Metamorphosis; Experience, Kinesis and Synergy 4.3. Experimental Cinema and continuity with video art 4.3.1 The European Avant Garde 1910/20 4.3.2 North American Avant Garde
Main Bibliography	Aston, J., & Gaudenzi, S. (2012). Interactive documentary: setting the field. Studies in documentary film, 6(2), 125-139. Gaudenzi, S. (2019). The WHAT IF IT Process, Moving from Story-telling to Story-experiencing. Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 17(2019), 111-127. Jenkins, H. (2006). Convergence culture: Where old and new media collide. New York: NY University Press. Manovich. L. (2001). The Language of New Media. Cambridge: MIT Press. Miller, C. H. (2014). Digital storytelling: A creator’s guide to interactive entertainment. Routledge. Youngblood, G. (1970). Expanded Cinema. New York: P. Dutton & Co., Inc. Parente, André (1994) Narrativa e Modernidade – Os Cinemas não-narrativos do pós-guerra, Papirus Editora Welcome to Pine Point, Paul Shoebridge & Michael Simons (2011) National Film Board of Canada Covilhã, Cidade Fábrica, Ivo Rocha da Silva & Inês Teixeira (2021), Ocidental Filmes Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance, Godfrey Reggio The Raft: Bill Viola (2004)
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.