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Film Seminary II

Film Seminary II

Code	16639
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area	Cinema
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	By the end of the course, students should: 1. Master the fundamental principles and practices of film analysis and creation: reflecting through cinema and reflecting on cinema 2. Master the reflective and creative potential of the essay film and know its main theorists and creators 3. Master the reflective and creative potential of metacinema and know its main theorists and creators 4. Apply and explore in a short film or a paper the poetic and epistemological possibilities of the essay film and/or the metacinema
Syllabus	1. Cinema as a Process of Reflection and Creation: The Essay Film 1.1 The Literary Essay 1.1.1 Michel de Montaigne 1.1.2 Max Bense 1.1.3 Theodor Adorno 1.1.4 Aldous Huxley 1.2 The Essay Film 1.2.1 Nora Alter and Timothy Corrigan 1.2.2 Hans Richter 1.2.3 Alexandre Astruc 1.2.4 Laura Rascaroli 1.2.5 Timothy Corrigan 1.2.6 Raymond Bellour 1.3 The Films 1.3.1 F for Fake (1973) 1.3.2 Koyaanisqatsi (1982) 1.3.3 Sans Soleil (1983) 1.3.4 Blue (1993) 1.3.5 The Gleaners (2000) 2. Cinema as a Process of Creation and Reflection: Metacinema 2.1 The Concepts 2.1.1 Metacinema 2.1.2 Metareference 2.1.3 Self-Reflexivity 2.1.4 Self-Reference 2.1.5 Self-Awareness 2.2 The Films 2.2.1 The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) 2.2.2 The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) 2.2.3 8 ½ (1963) 2.2.4 History(s) of Cinema (1988-98) 2.2.5 Holy Motors (2012)
Main Bibliography	Alter, N. M. & Corrigan, T. (2017), Essays on the Essay Film, Columbia University Press LaRocca, D. (2021), Metacinema: The Form and Content of Filmic Reference and Reflexivity, Oxford University Press Klaus, C. H. & Stuckey-French, N. (2012), Essayists on the Essay, University of Iwoa Press Roche, D. (2022), Meta in Film and Television Series, Edinburgh University Press Stam, R. (1992), Reflexivity in Film and Literature: From Don Quixote to Jean-Luc Godard, Columbia University Press Wolf, W. (2009), Metareference across Media, Rodopi Wolf, W. (2011), The Metareferential Turn in Contemporary Arts and Media, Rodopi
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	The student can choose one of the following works: a) Short film + written essay or report b) Paper The overall objective of the project is to answer the question: How do you film...? To answer the question, the student must choose one of the following topics: ... a self-portrait ... cinema a) Short film + written essay or report Assessment: Proposal (synopsis and statement of intent) + State of the Art: 25% Short film: 50% Written essay or report: 25% b) Paper Assessment: Proposal + State of the Art: 50% Paper: 50% - The exam will consist of improvements to the work completed.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.