Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in performing arts (120 ECTS) ((Master international)) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in performing arts (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course envisages some historic and theoretical questions relative to animation film. It is more particularly interested in the western cartoon movie, gives an important place to the history of the American cartoon and questions the conception of these artificial characters that are the figurines of the cartoon film.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course contributes to the analysis of the representations of the body in the cinema. He also gives theoretical and esthetic references to the students who discover the peculiarities of the cartoon film.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good knowledge of the history and the esthetics of the cinema.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
A written analysis of a a cartoon film.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
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Recommended or required readings
Required reading:
- Dick Tomasovic, Le Corps en abîme. Sur la figurine et le cinéma d'animation, Pertuis, Rouge Profond, 2006.
Assessment methods and criteria
Personal work is used as a basis for the final evaluation.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
« I know this defies the law of gravity, but, you see, I never studied law. »
Bugs Bunny, High Diving Hare (Friz Freleng, 1949)
Contacts
Dick Tomasovic
Dpt. Information et Communication
Théorie et pratique du spectacle
Place du XX août, 7
4000 Liège
dick.tomasovic@ulg.ac.be
00 32 4 366 32 88