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Course: 2020/2021

Moving image history

(13508)

Study: Bachelor in Film, Television and Media Studies (211)

Coordinating teacher: ZAHEDI NADERI, FARSHAD

Department assigned to the subject: Department of Communication and Media Studies

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 2º

Semester: 1º

Competences and skills that will be acquired and learning results. Further information on this link

1. Knowledge of the development and evolution of the audiovisual media (cinema, television, video) through its history. 2. Knowledge of the historical context of the audiovisual processes and their relevance for the understanding of the contemporary panorama. 3. Ability to distinguish with precision the connections and influences between the diverse audiovisual practices, according to its historical, social and cultural context. 4. Ability to analyze and interpret the audiovisual products with a global, integrated perspective.

Description of contents: programme

1. Historiographical perspectives 2. Articulation of the cinematographic language 3. Silent cinema Golden age 4. Studio system to New Hollywood 5. Neorrealism and the crisis of classic language 6. The new waves 7. Peripheric cinemas 8. Avant-garde cinema 9. Non fiction cinema 10. Technology and aesthetics: film in the audiovisual era 11. Video and videoarte 12. Television in USA 13. Television in Europe

Learning activities and methodology

1. Lectures. Acquisition of knowledge about the historical evolution of the audiovisual media and its relevance for the understanding of the contemporary panorama. Competences 1 and 2 (1,5 ECTS) 2. Practical classes Analysis and commentary of classic works in the history of audiovisual media. Competences 3 and 4 (1 ECTS) 3. Student work Tutored work of theoretical-practical materials. Competences 1, 2 and 3 (1,5 ECTS) Individual essay about specific issues regarding some of the historical problems presented in the class. Competence 4 (2 ECTS)

Assessment System

1. Final exam: 50%
2. Production work /Essay/Practice and defense: 50%
3. To pass, it is mandatory to obtain, at the very least, 50% of the calification assigned to the final exam.
4. Class participation and attendance will be taken into account to improve the final grade.

% end-of-term-examination 50
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Basic Bibliography

BARSAM, RICHARD M.. Non Fiction Film. A Critical History. Indiana UP. 1992
BORDWELL, David; THOMPSON, Kristin. Film History. An Introduction . McGraw Hill, 2nd edition . 2003
COOK, David A. A History of Narrative Film. Norton. 1996
NOWELL-SMITH, Geoffrey (ed.) . The Oxford history of world cinema.. Oxford University Press . 1998
REES, A. L.. History of Experimental Film and Video. BFI. 1999
SHAW, JEFFREY; WEIBEL, PETER. Future Cinema. The Cinematic Imaginary After Film. ZKM-MIT Press. 2003

Additional Bibliography

GOMERY, DOUGLAS. The Hollywood Studio System. BFI. 1986
HARPOLE, CHARLES (general editor). History of the American Cinema. . Berkeley, Univ. of California Press. 10 volumes, 1990
HILMES, Michele; JACOBS, Jason (eds.). The Television History Book. BFI. 2003
JAMES, DAVID A. Allegories of Cinema . Princeton UP. 1989
KING, JOHN. Magical Reels: A History of Cinema in Latin America. Verso. 2000
MEIGH-ANDREWS, CHRIS. A History of Video Art. Oxford, Berg. 2006
WEINRICHTER, ANTONIO (ed.). Doc. Documentarism in the 21st Century. San Sebastián, Festival Internacional de Cine. 2010

The course syllabus and the academic weekly planning may change due academic events or other reasons.