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Cinema and Other Arts

Cinema and Other Arts

Code	13576
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face
Work placements	None
Learning outcomes	At the end of the course, the student must: 1 - Master the main criteria of differentiation and convergence of the arts 2 - Identify the place of cinema in the arts system and its complexity 3 - Be able to explore critically and creatively the connection between cinema and other arts, historically and contemporaneously 4 - Be able to reflect on the reciprocity of the articulation of cinema with the arts
Syllabus	1. Intensities 1.1 Art and cinema: decade by decade 1.1 Filmmakers and the art of cinema 1.2 Cinema seen from the outside: the first decades 2. Singularities 2.1 One number: seven 2.2 An etymology: cine 2.3 A tension: writing 2.4 A design: gesamtkunstwerk 2.5 A decade: 1920 2.6 A visionary: Abel Gance 2.7 One sign: the 2001 monolith - A Space Odyssey 2.8 A plan: counterbalanced 2.9 A work: Histoire (s) du Cinema 2.10 A filmmaker: Andrei Tarkovski 2.11 An artist: Andy Warhol 2.12 A concept: Verfremdungseffekt 2.13 A contrast: chiaroscuro 2.14 A space: the white cube 2.15 An absence: the out-of-bounds 2.16 A phenomenon: Star Wars 2.17 A substance: light 2.18 A format: widescreen 2.19 An attempt: the essay 2.20 A look: the close-up 3. Affinities 3.1 Architecture 3.2 Sculpture 3.3 Painting 3.4 Poetry 3.5 Music 3.6 Dance 3.7 Theatre 3.8 Photography 3.9 Comics 3.10 Literature
Main Bibliography	1.1: Canudo, Ricciotto (1995), L’Usine aux Images, Séguier 1.2: Mannoni, Laurent (2003), A Grande Arte da Luz e da Sombra, Senac 1.3: Balazs, Bela (2010), Early Film Theory: The Visible Man and The Spirit of Film, Berghahn Books 1.4: Wagner, Richard. 2003. A Obra de Arte do Futuro. Antígona 1.5: AAVV (1979), Film as Film, Arts Council of Great Britain 1.6: Cuff, Paul. 2015. A Revolution for the Screen: Abel Gance’s Napoleon. Amsterdam University Press 1.7: Benson, Michael (2019), Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke and the Making of a Masterpiece, Simon & Schuster 1.8: Welch, David (2001), Propaganda and the German Cinema, IB Tauris 1.9: Witt, Michael (2013), Jean-Luc Godard, Cinema Historian, Indiana University Press 1.10: Tarkovski, Andrei (1989), Sculpting in Time, University of Texas Press etc.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	1. Presentation, contextualization and theoretical problematization. 2. Case analysis. 3. Analysis, discussion and monitoring of the work. The student can choose one of the following works: a) Short film b) Article The general objective of the work is to explore the relationship between cinema and other arts as a fundamental factor in creation or research.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.