CINE0006-1 : Methods and theories of film analysis

Study Programmes 2015-2016

CINE0006-1

Methods and theories of film analysis

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in performing arts (120 ECTS)		4

Lecturer :

Dick Tomasovic

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course provides a survey of the main trends in film analysis from the 1960s until the present day, through various approaches (semiology, narratology, psychoanalysis, aesthetics, history of art, anthropology, sociology, ideology, etc.). Various notions will emerge from detailed analyses of films (mainly contemporary Hollywood films).

Learning outcomes of the course :

Film analysis being the common practice of all those who intend to work in the field of cinema the point of this course is to provide a theoretical and methodological framework as well as necessary conceptual tools.The course also gives important historic and esthetic references to the Hollywood cinema.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

None.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

The course, very illustrated, requires the active participation of the students. The students are also invited to view and to analyze by themselves a series of films. Students must hand in a written file by the end of the year.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires