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
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 learning unit
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)
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Recommended or required readings
Synthesis sheets will be handed out.
Recommanded reading:
Jacques AUMONT et Michel MARIE, L'Analyse des films, Paris, Nathan, 1995 (3e édition, 2015).
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination bearing on the student's essay.
Work placement(s)
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Organizational remarks
Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
Martin Scorsese
Contacts
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