Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in performing arts (120 ECTS) (international master) | 5 crédits | |||
| Master in performing arts (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
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
The course, very illustrated, requires the active participation of the students.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Recommended or required readings
Required reading:
- Dick Tomasovic, Le Corps en abîme. Sur la figurine et le cinéma d'animation, Pertuis, Rouge Profond, 2006.
Written work / report
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
« 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 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