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Film Seminary I

Film Seminary I

Code	16615
Year	2
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Entry requirements	Some bibliography and filmography may be made available in foreign languages.
Learning outcomes	By the end of the semester, students should be able to: a) Understand the fundamental principles of non-fiction filmmaking; b) Master the principles and practices of non-fiction film analysis; c) Creatively and critically problematize documentary filmmaking processes; d) Recognize and master the main movements in documentary filmmaking; e) Identify and characterize the documentary approach of Portuguese documentaries from the 1990s; f) Critically situate documentaries from the 1990s within the historical and aesthetic evolution of Portuguese documentary filmmaking.
Syllabus	1. Nonfiction Cinema 1.1. Fundamental Principles of Documentary 1.2. Reality: the visible and the invisible 1.3. Modes and Aesthetics of Documentary 2. Research and Point of View 2.1. Point of View, Distance, Subjectivity 2.2. Social Actors: Reenacting and Spontaneity 2.3. Interview, Testimony, Deposition 3. The Mise-en-Scène of Documentary 3.1. The Dispositive 3.2. The Action 3.3. The Word 3.4. The Writing 4. Portuguese Documentary 4.1. Films of the 1990s 4.2. Before and after the 1990s.
Main Bibliography	Barraud, C. & Sena, N. org. (2010). Heddy Honigmann: Ouvir as Histórias. Indie Lisboa. Comolli, J. L. (2008). Ver e Poder: A Inocência Perdida. UFMG Ed, Belo Horizonte. Grierson, J. (2016). “Princípios iniciais do documentário”, in: Tradição e reflexões, pp. 5-18. Labcom. Guzmán, P. (2017). Filmar o que não se vê: um modo de fazer documentários. Edições Sesc. Nichols, B. (2017). Introduction to documentary. Cap. 1, 2, 6 e 7. Indiana University Press. Novo Documentário em Portugal. Cinemateca Portuguesa (1999) Pina, L. (1977). Documentarismo Português. Lisboa: IPC. Ramos, F. P. (2012). A mise-en-scène do documentário. Rebeca, 1(1). Vieira, P. & Serra, P. (2014). Imagens Achadas: Documentário, Política e Processos Sociais. L: Colibri A Nostalgia da Luz (2010), Patrício Guzman I’m Not Your Negro (2016), Raoul Peck Metal e Melancolia (1994), Heddy Honigmann Santiago (2007), João Moreira Salles The Act of Killing (2012), Joshua Oppenheimer The Missing Picture (2013), Rithy Panh
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.