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Course Name Film Appreciation and Image Formation Techniques
Course Code 22VM802
Credits 4

Syllabus

Unit 1

Language of cinema – Spectrum of art, Organic narrative structure, Three act structure, Five act structure, Cinematic Time & Space, Character – Pictorial elements

Unit 2

Form and Content of Cinema – a. Content: Idea to shooting script,Structural differences – Cinema and theater, Dialogue – Cinema and theater, b. Form: Vocabulary of images – Framing ,Lensing ,Camera angles,Composition, Camera movements, Lighting , Line of force, Perception of Sound

Unit 3

Reading of cinematic image – Reading connection between shots – Intra Shot composition, Continuity, Transitions, Understanding light, Understanding color

Unit 4

Post production techniques – Constructive editing, Montage, Editing techniques, Signs & syntax, Prescriptive & descriptive theory,

Unit 5

Film appreciation – Micro analysis, Macro analysis, Case Study

Program Outcome (PO) - Ph. D. Outcome

  • Learn to develop a broadly interdisciplinary approach in understanding the vocabulary of film language
  • Learn to employ theoretical and disciplinary tools in analysis and assessment of film and film images.
  • To develop critical responses to cinematic work based upon aesthetic or cultural

Course Outcome - Subject Outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to

  • Understand the structural and narrative perspectives of cinema as an artistic and technical medium
  • Learn about, the nuances of image formation techniques in cinema and to develop a temperament to read the images
  • To analyze the cinematic methods that work upon creating a specific impact

References

  • Benshoff, H. (2015). Film and Television Analysis: An Introduction to Methods, Theories, and Approaches. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.Brown, Blain. (2021). Cinematography: Theory and practice for cinematographers and directors. 4324/9780429353239.
  • Briley, (2007). History on Film/Film on History (review). Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies. 37. 97-98. 10.1353/flm.2007.0005.
  • Dmytryk, (2018). On Film Editing: An Introduction to the Art of Film Construction. 10.4324/9780429506086.
  • Metz, C. (1991). Film language : a semiotics of the cinema. Chicago: University of Chicago Press
  • Monaco, J. (2009). How to Read a Film: Movies, Media, and Beyond. United States: Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Penley, , Bellour, R. (2000). The analysis of film. Bloomington: Indiana University press.
  • Ryan, , Lenos, M. (2020). An Introduction to Film Analysis: Technique and Meaning in Narrative Film. India: Bloomsbury Academic.
  • (2013). Mass Communication & Studies (Methods & Techniques). Media Village Publications
  • Villarejo, (2007). Film Studies: The Basics. United Kingdom: Routledge.
  • White, T. R. (2005). Film Analysis Guide. (n.p.): Kendall Hunt Publishing Company

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