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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Communication & Journalism
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Raya Morag
Coordinator Office Hours:
Tuesday, 1600-1700
Teaching Staff:
Prof Raya Morag
Course/Module description:
The course will present an introduction to the aesthetics of film by means of a discussion of the classical, modern and postmodern cinema. We will be able to answer the question how are we to analyze a film through considering narrative and non-narrative forms, and highlighting the four central components that distinguish the cinema: mise-en-scène, shooting, editing and sound.
Course/Module aims:
Learning the language of cinema. Familiarity with the classical, modern and postmodern cinema. Introduction to the world of Truffaut, Hitchcock, Marker and Almodóvar.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
At the end of this course, the students will be familiar with the language of cinema, will be exposed to different approaches to cinema analysis (psychoanalytic vs. cognitive; queer), as well as to the viewing experience in different modes (classical, modern, postmodern). In addition they will be introduced to the canonical research on Truffaut, Hitchcock, Bertolucci and Almodóvar.
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
The course is based on scene by scene analysis of the films.
Course/Module Content:
No. Date Topic
1. 16.10.18 Introduction: Day for Night, François Truffaut.
2. 23.10.18 Continued.
3. 6.11.18
4. 13.11.18 The classical cinema: Rear Window, Alfred Hitchcock.
5. 20.11.18
6. 27.11.18
7. 4.12.18 The modern cinema: La Jetée, Chris Marker
8. 11.12.18
9. 18.12.18 The postmodern cinema: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Pedro Almodóvar.
10. 1.1.19
11. 8.1.19 Continued. All About My Mother, Pedro Almodóvar.
12. 15.1.19
Summary.
Required Reading:
1. Mauerhofer Hugo (1949) “Psychology of Film Experience”, Penguin Film Review 8: 103- 109.
2. Modleski, Tania (1988) “The Master`s Dollhouse – Rear Window” The Women Who Knew Too Much Hitchcock and Feminist Theory New York London Methuen: 73-85
3. Truffaut, François (1994) “Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window” The Films in my Life New York Da Capo Press: 77-79.
4. Truffaut, François (1984). “Introduction”, “Rear Window” Hitchcock New York Simon & Schuster: 13-25, 209-223.
5. Ben-David, Benny & Meiri, Sandra (2016) “Cinema and Ideology” (Chapter 8) Introduction to Film Theory Ra'anana The Open University: 487-530. [Hebrew]
6. Gross, Aeyal & Ziv, Amalia (2001) “Between Theory and Politics: Gay and Lesbian Studies and Queer Theory” In Yair Kedar, Amalia Ziv & Oren Kenner (Eds.), Beyond Sexuality: Selected Articles in Gay and Lesbian Studies and Queer Theory Hakibbutz Hameuhad: 9-44. [Hebrew]
Réda Bensmaïa, Alison Rowe, and Elisabeth Lyon (1990) "From the Photogram to the Pictogram: On Chris Marker's La Jetée" Camera Obscura 8.3 (24): 139-161.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Course Requirements:
• Bibliography reading. All the items can be found on the site of the course.
• Final exam, based on the lectures and bibliography.
• Required autonomous viewing of 4 films. It is possible to watch the films via the video tab on mail.
Required viewing of films:
For the class no. 12 - All About My Mother, Pedro Almodóvar.
For the class no. 12 - All About Eve, Joseph Mankiewicz.
For the class no. 12 – A Streetcar Named Desire, Elia Kazan.
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