Class Film Theory

A retrospective analysis of the main historical moments, theoretical currents, aesthetic movements, authors and films that compose the stories of cinema and their ideas.

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1- Cinema nomenclature and impression of reality 2- Archeology of cinema: Lumière and Méliès 3- Image and movement 4- Sound perception 5- The French theoretical school and Soviet cinema 6- The views of German Expressinonism: aesthetics, social and political history 7- Hollywood cinema: the industrial dimension and major genres 8- The realistic theory: Sigmund Kracauer and André Bazin 9- Neo-realism: Roberto Rossellini and Italian cinema 10- The Theoretical Filmmakers 11- Portuguese Cinema: Manoel de Oliveira, António Reis / Margarida Cordeiro, Pedro Costa

Classes based on watching full-length films (short, medium-length and feature-length films) and their collective analysis in class. The dynamics of the classes are based on the experience of cinematographic narratives in a projection room and the pedagogical process is based on the dialogical exercise with students.

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