Theory and History of the Cinema

Code:

THCN500

Acronym:

THCN

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Fine Arts

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

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	32	Official Study Plan 2011	3	-	3	34	81
			4

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Introduction to film theory and history.
Cinematic image in the perspective of the director and the spectator.
Introduction to visual culture in the contemporary media context.
Encourage diferent readings and approachs.
Critical and contextualized readings.
Creative individual speech.

Learning outcomes and competences

Understand the importance that cinemas have in the contemporary culture and its possibilities as a storytelling and comunication device.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1- Introduction to the history and theory of cinema
Background in the arts.
Image and motion.
Fiction and Documentary.
Grammar of cinema.
Authors and movements trends.

2 - Film analysis.
Shot and time.
Assembly and Duration.
Narrative and Structure
Continuity and Discontinuity.
Initiation to the film writing.

Mandatory literature

AUMONT, Jacques; O cinema e a encenação, Edições Texto & Grafia, 2008
Aumont, Jacques / Marie, Michel; Dicionário teórico e crítico do cinema, Edições Texto & Grafia, 2004
Barthes, Roland; O óbvio e o obtuso, Edições 70, 1982
Bazin, André; O que é o cinema?, Edições Horizonte
Briselance, Marie-France & Morin, Jean-Claude; Gramática do Cinema, Edições Texto & Grafia, 2012
Deleuze, Gilles; A imagem-movimento: cinema 1 / A imagem-tempo: cinema 2, Ed. Assírio e Alvim
Ferreira, Carolin Overhoff (direcção de); O cinema português através dos seus filmes, Ed. Campo de Letras, 2007
Ferreira, Carlos Melo; As poéticas do cinema, Edições Afrontamento, 2004
Flores, Teresa Mendes; Cinema e experiência moderna, Edições Minerva, 1997
Gardies, René (direcção de); Compreender o cinema e as imagens, Edições Texto & Grafia, 2008
Grilo, João Mário; As lições do cinema, Ed. Colibri, 2007
Katz, Ephraim; Film encyclopedia, Harper Collins Publishers, 2001
Xavier, Ismael; A Experiência do Cinema, Edições Graal, Embrafilmes, 2003

Complementary Bibliography

Costa, João Benard da; Histórias do cinema, Colecção Sínteses da Cultura Portuguesa, Ed. Imprensa Nacional, 1991
Geada, Eduardo (antologia de); Estéticas do cinema, Ed. Dom Quixote, 1985
Morin, Edgar; O cinema ou o homem imaginário, Ed. Relógio d'Àgua, 1997
Schefer, Jean Louis & Costa, João Bénard; Cinema e Pintura, Ed. Cinemateca Portuguesa, 2005
Torres, António Roma (antologia de); Cinema, arte e ideologia, Ed. Afrontamento, 1975
Vacche, Angela Dalle; Cinema and Painting: How art is used in Film, University of Texas Press, 1996
Winkler, Martin M.; Cinema and Classical Texts. Apollo’s New Light, Cambridge University Press, 2009
Aris, Carlos Marti.; La Arquitectura del Cine, Estudios Sobre Dreyer, Hitchcock, Ford Y Ozu., Fund. Caja de Arquitectos, 2008
Furniss, Maureen; Animation: The Global History, Thames & Hudson, 2017

Teaching methods and learning activities

Film scenes analysis, genres and themes presentations, always followed by class discussions allowing criticism and the reinterpretation necessary for the construction of a personal position on the issues addressed.

keywords

Humanities > Arts > Fine arts
Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Film studies

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	30,00
Trabalho escrito	70,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	34,00
Trabalho de investigação	47,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Knowledge acquired, demonstrated and implemented, taking into account its design and adaptation to the specific project context.

Calculation formula of final grade

Estimated average of the two research papers - 100%

Observations

The lectures are given in Portuguese, sometimes in English. Discussion and project follow-up can take place in English and French.