Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Introduction to the Language of Cinematography | ||
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Duration :
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| 30h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Dick Tomasovic | ||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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Course contents :
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| This course is a continuation of the History of cinema course. In the same basic spirit we will approach cinema not as a historical object but as a language, i.e. as a (complex) system to convey meaning through the specific means of image and sound. It will examine the problems raised by shots, frames, depth of field, off camera, sequences, retakes, construction of space, organisation of time, cutting, narrating, perspective, identifying viewers, voices, music, noises, etc.
These various notions will emerge from detailed analyses of film extracts. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Using film analysis and theoretical tools the course aims at introducing students to what a film actually is, as a technical, aesthetic and ideological object. The pleasure they experience viewing a film can turn into the pleasure of understanding - including the various professional outlets in the field of cinema. The course will also interest all the students in communication who will be equipped with invaluable tools of analysis of the audiovisual language. | ||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| History of cinema course. | ||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| 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. The list of films to be seen is passed on by the teacher at the beginning of the course. | ||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| See : http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires | ||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Synthesis sheets will be handed out.
Recommanded reading: David BORDWELL et Kristin THOMPSON, L'art du film, Ed. de Boeck, 1999 (3e édition, 2014). |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination. | ||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| « Le cinéma substitue à nos regards un monde qui s'accorde à nos désirs »
Le Mépris, Jean-Luc Godard, 1963 |
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Contacts :
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| Dick Tomasovic
Théorie et pratique des arts du spectacle Département des Arts et sciences de la Communication Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres Université de Liège Place du XX août, 7 4000 Liège Belgique 32 4 366 32 88 ou 3279 (secrétariat) dick.tomasovic@ulg.ac.be |
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