2021-2022 / ASPE0005-1

Questions of "mise-en-scene" (Théâtre, cinéma, télévision)

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in performing arts (120 ECTS) (Master international)5 crédits 
 Master in communication (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in journalism (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in performing arts (120 ECTS)5 crédits 
 Master in information and communication (60 ECTS)5 crédits 

Lecturer

Dick Tomasovic

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

After a history of the concept of "mise-en-scene", the course proposes, in his first part, an analysis of the staging of actions and elements for theatre, cinema and television.
In the second part, the course will be devoted to the articulation between the process of "mise-en-scène" and the notion of choregraphic act. A large number of dancefilms will be studied.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

  • To sensitize the students to the problematics of « mise-en-scene »
  • To develop analytical faculties of the students.
  • To sensitize the students to the complex notion of choregraphic creation. 
  • To sensitize the students to the interweaves between cinema studies and dance research. 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

General knowledge of the history and the language of the cinema and the concepts of theatre's history.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course requires the active participation of the students.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Face to face.

Recommended or required readings

Basic bibliography:


  • Jacques Aumont, Le Cinéma et la mise en scène, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005.
  • Erin Brannigan, Dancefilm, Choregraphy and the Moving Images, Oxford University Press, 2011.
  • Patrice Pavis, La Mise en scène contemporaine, Paris, Armand Colin, 2008.
  • Dick Tomasovic, Kino-Tanz, l'art chorégraphique du cinéma, Paris, PUF, 2009.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written work / report


Additional information:

Written work. 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Dansez, sinon nous sommes perdus. 
Pina Bausch

Contacts

Dick Tomasovic
Département Médias, Culture et Communication Théories et pratiques du spectacle Esthétique du cinéma et des arts audiovisuels Université de Liège Place du XX Août, 7 4000 Liège Belgique 32 4 366 32 88 ou 32 79 (secrétariat) dick.tomasovic@uliege.be