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16962
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
OT(15H)/TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Cinema
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Entry requirements |
NA
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Learning outcomes |
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Analyse a film using a specifically cinematographic language;
2. Recognise and identify the main movements, authors, aesthetics and technologies in the History of Cinema;
3. Critically distinguish cinema as an art, a media and/or a product of a creative industry;
4. Socially, politically and culturally contextualise the most remarkable film works, movements and production systems in the History of Cinema;
5. Establish a dialogue between film and gender elements present in the work, viewing Cinema as a means of representing the different social roles attributed to men and women throughout the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century.
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Syllabus |
- The beginning of the History of Cinema
- The transition from silent to sound cinema
- Filmology
- Cinema in World War II
- Post-World War II cinema and the attempt to reconstruct memory
- Film noir
- Alfred Hitchcock's suspense
- The 1960s, the Nouvelle Vague and New Portuguese Cinema
- Criticism of classic Hollywood cinema
- Transnational perspectives on contemporary cinema
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Main Bibliography |
- Aumont, Jacques & Marie, Michel (2009). Dicionário Teórico e Crítico do Cinema. Lisboa: Texto e Grafia.
- Cousins, Mark (2005). Biografia do Filme. Lisboa: Plátano.
- Mascarello, Fernando (2012). História do Cinema Mundial. Campinas, S.P.: Papirus Editora.
- Mulvey, Laura (1975). Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. Screen 16.3.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Reading and analysis of reference texts.
Viewing and analysis of excerpts from cinematographic works.
Development and monitoring of practical work based on theoretical approaches.
Continuous evaluation
- Presentation in class about one of the films in the mandatory filmography: 35% of the final grade
- Frequency: 55% of the final grade
- Attendance and participation: 10% of the final grade
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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