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This course is an advanced survey class on American movie history, filmic techniques, and some seminal texts in film theory. We will look at some of the major steps in the development of American cinema; we will discuss influential film theories by David Bordwell, Jean-Louis Baudry, Laura Mulvey and Linda Williams as well as some chapters from an introduction into film theory by Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener; and we will have a look at basic filmic techniques such as image and shot, perspective, camera movement, lighting, color and sound, editing, film narratology and semiotics.
There will be a moodle site for this class: keyword “Double Indemnity”.
Readings:
- Texts will be uploaded onto the Moodle platform.
- Apart from the theoretical texts we will be working with Richard Barsam, Looking at Movies, New York: Norton, 2010. Excerpts from the book will also be uploaded onto Moodle.
Film Viewing:
We will discuss a way to watch the movies together within a legal frame. Please reserve time for this on Monday nights (18-21).
Course Requirements:
There will be no presentations in this class. As a course requirement (spezielle Arbeitsleitstung) you have to hand in 8 very short evaluations of sessions (we will use forms for that after each class). For the entire module: preparation of a multi-media presentation in the context of the seminar within the module – not in this class.
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