FILM HISTORY AND CRITICISM
cod. 03634

Academic year 2022/23
3° year of course - Second semester
Professor
- Sara MARTIN
Academic discipline
Cinema, fotografia e televisione (L-ART/06)
Field
Attività formative affini o integrative
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
60 hours
of face-to-face activities
12 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN

Learning objectives

The course goes through the history of cinema, from its origins to the contemporary.
The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to acquire the ability to know and critically analyze the audiovisual text.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course is divided into two modules:
Form A
focuses on the general history of cinema by addressing the following themes:
- Silent cinema
- Film genres
- The sound in Europe and America
- Italian neorealism
- The European "new waves" of the Sixties
- Postmodern and contemporary cinema

Module B
Works on a specific path dedicated to Italian cinema, in particular on the genre of the "Italian Comedy"
An in-depth study of this film genre is an opportunity to focus attention on some themes and salient moments in the history of Italian cinema:
- the Italian film industry
- production
- the authors
- the writers
- the national cinematographic stardom.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Module A
- Luca Malavasi, "Il linguaggio del cinema", Pearson, 2019
- lessons on the elly platform

Module B
Modulo A
- David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, "Storia del cinema. Un'introduzione", McGraw-Hill Education 2018 (o edizioni precedenti)
- Materiale didattico sulla piattaforma elly
Modulo B
- Mariapia Comand, Augusto Sainati (a cura di) "Storia del cinema italiano" Pearson, 2022
- Mariapia Comand, "Commedia all'Italiana" il Castoro 2011 link per il libro: https://www.academia.edu/20060994/Commedia_allitaliana

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons. During the lessons the topics of the course will be discussed in depth and some films will be screened. Furthermore, at the beginning of the lessons, a list of films to be seen will be provided in order to pass the exam. The lessons will be structured with the aim of stimulating the students to discuss and debate on the topics dealt with in the classroom. The course is also proposed in blended mode (Elly distance learning platform).

Assessment methods and criteria

The exam will be written and aimed at verifying the ability to understand and learn the texts in the program and the audiovisuals indicated for passing the exam. The evaluation criteria will be linked to the degree of satisfaction with respect to the mentioned parameters.
Students who do not regularly attend will refer to what is indicated in the examination bibliography/filmography. An assessment of insufficiency is determined by the lack of knowledge of the minimum contents of the course. A sufficient evaluation (18-23/30) is determined by an acceptable level of preparation by the student of the abovementioned evaluation indicators; the average scores (24-27/30) are awarded to the student who proves to have a level more than sufficient (24-25/30) or good (26-27/30) of the above evaluation indicators, the highest scores ( from 28/30 to 30/30 cum laude) are awarded based on the demonstration of a level from excellent to excellent.

Other information

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