Theory and History of the Cinema

Code:

THCN500

Acronym:

THCN

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Fine Arts Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Fine Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
AP	11	Official Study Plan 2011	4	-	3	34	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Acquisition of knowledge about history, aesthetics and film theory in the Western context, so the student can develop an informed opinion on the massed languages ​​that use the moving image and other approaches to the same subject matter perspective.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understanding of how, starting from the theater, cinema and literature, the cinema has forged principles of conceptual organization, own formal.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 - Nomenclature of cinema and the impression of reality
2 - Archaeology of the cinema: Lumière and Méliès
3 - Motion Picture and
4 - Sound Perception
5 - The French theoretical school and Soviet cinema
6 - Visions of German Expressinonismo: aesthetic, social and political history
7 - The Hollywood cinema: the industrial dimension and large genera
8 - The realist theory: Sigmund Kracauer and André Bazin
9 - The Neorealism Roberto Rossellini and Italian cinema
10 - The Filmmakers-Theory
11 - The Cinema Portuguese: Manoel de Oliveira, António Reis / Margarida Cordeiro, Pedro Costa

Mandatory literature

GRILO, João Mário; As Lições de Cinema
BRESSON, Robert; Notas sobre o CInematógrafo
BAZIN, André; O que é o cinema?
DELEUZE, Gilles; O cinema (volumes 1 e 2)
MORIN, Edgar; O cinema ou o homem imaginário
TUDOR, Andrew; Teorias do cinema

Complementary Bibliography

KRACAUER, Siegfried; De Caligari a Hitler
COSTA, João Benard da; Histórias do cinema

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical chair. Classes includes analysis of key theoretical texts and viewing of paradigmatic work in the history of cinema, directly related to the lectured topics.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	25,00
Prova oral	25,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Attendance and participation - 25%

Written work - 50%

Oral exam - 25%