History and Theory of Cinema

Code:

CC026

Acronym:

HTCIN

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	47	Plano Oficial a partir de 2008/2009	2	-	5	52	135

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The History and Theory of Cinema aims to instil in students a careful and specific awareness of the world of cinema, without forgetting, however, that we have to bring into the cultural world in which it is produced, and more specifically in the field of modern and contemporary visual culture, where it has played a leading role and still has a influential existence. The intention is that this awareness is not merely “second hand”, based on theories and comments of others, thus enabling students to start from their own reception of the films and images and from being aware of their subjective presence in the cultural field. As such, students will have to confront films and images directly and personally.

Program

1- The cinema and the images.
. The cinema as a decisive element in the emergence and development of the current “image culture” and as (unconscious) leader of the contemporary imagery world.
. The contemporary “world of images” (the audiovisual included) as a field of cinema “genetic” matrix expansion and as the field of disintegration of the cinema’s own specificity.
2 -The cinema and its images.
. Understanding the characteristics of cinema as a mode of articulating heterogeneous elements (image and sound), reality and fiction, rupture and healing, the whole and the parts, ...)
. Confluent/ Divergent
. Colour / Black and white
. Silent / Noisy
. Fast / Slow
. Linear / Discontinuous
. Light / Shadow
. Outside / Inside

Mandatory literature

Marc AUGÈ; Não lugares, Ed. 90 graus
Rolan Barthes; Miltologias, Edições 70
Jean BAUDRILLARD; O espírito do terrorismo, Ed. Campo das Letras
Walter BENJAMIN; A obra de arte na era da sua reprodutividade técnica, Ed. Relógio dÁgua
John BERGER; Modos de ver, Edições 70
Guy DEBORD; A soceidade do espectáculo, Ed. Mobilis in mobile
Regis DEBRAY; Vida e morte da imagem, Ed. Vozes (Brasil)
Teresa Mendes FLORES; Cinema e experiência moderna, Ed. Minerva
René GARDIES (direcção de); Compreender o cinema e as imagens, Ed. Texto &Grafia
Carlo GINZGURB; "Sinais. Raízes de um paradigma indiciário" (in "Mitos emblemas sinais"), Ed. Companhia das Letras (Brasil)
Martine JOLY; Introdução à análise da imagem, Edições 70
Martine JOLY; A imagem e a sua interpretação, Edições 70
Mario PERNIOLA; "Vídeo-culturas como espelho" (in "Enigmas"), Ed. Bertrand
Margarida MEDEIROS; "A vigilância fotográfica e a cosntrução do sentimento nostálgico" (in "O visual e o quotidiano", direcção de José Machado Pais, Clara Carvalho e Neusa Mendes de Gusmão), Ed. Imprensa de Ciências Sociais
Junichiro TANIZAKI; O elogio da sombra, Ed. Relógio d'Àgua
J. AUMONT / M. MARIE; Dicionário teórico e crítico do cinema, Ed. Texto&Grafia
André BAZIN; O que é o cinema?, Ed. Horizonte
João Benard da COSTA; Histórias do cinema, colecção Sínteses da Cultura Portuguesa, Ed. Imprensa Nacional
Gilles DELEUZE; O cinema (2 volumes), Ed. Assírio e Alvim
Carolin Overhoff FERREIRA (direcção de); O cinema português através dos seus filmes, Ed. Campo de Letras
Eduardo GEADA (antologia de); Estéticas do cinema, ed. Dom Quixote
João Mário GRILO; As lições do cinema, Ed. Colibri
Jean-Patrick LEBEL; Cinema e ideologia, Ed. Estampa
Edgar MORIN; O cinema ou o homem imaginário, Ed. Relógio d'Àgua
António Roma TORRES (antologia de); Cinema, arte e ideologia, Ed. Afrontamento
Andrew TUDOR; Teorias do cinema, Edições 70

Teaching methods and learning activities

Analyses of images, studies of film sequences, presentation of thematic summaries always followed by class discussions, allowing the criticism and reinterpretation required to take a personal stand regarding the issues addressed.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance of 75% of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final assignment and participation in class - 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

As provided for in the FLUP Assessment Regulations.

Classification improvement

As provided for in the FLUP Assessment Regulations.