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Diploma in Film Editing Techniques, Plots and Narratives
Master the key features of film-editing techniques, and creating plots and narratives in this free online cinema course.
Description
You will immerse yourself in the concepts of film techniques, theories and movements in cinema during this free online course. Analyze the different types of, and myths in, movie plots, and the key ideas around creating characters in cinema. Then move onto the great contribution of iconic Soviet filmmakers Lev Kuleshov and Sergei Eisenstein in the field of montage editing.
This will lead to the introduction of French literary theorist Gerard Genette’s concept of an unreliable narrator and how it reveals an interesting gap between appearance and reality. The course will cover critical theories of realism and naturalism, such as Charles Darwin’s idea about nature and the ideology from Karl Marx’s theory of economics. It then describes the work done by important colour theoreticians such as Rudolf Arnheim, David Bordwell, Eisenstein, Derek Jarman, and Edward Raymond Turner.
This course is aimed at meeting the interests and needs of young career professionals who want to develop a deeper understanding of different theories of film editing and colours in cinema, and for cinema studies students who want to build their theoretical knowledge of film artistry.
Start Course NowModules
Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics
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Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics: Learning Outcomes
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Film Techniques, Theories and Movements
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Introduction of Colors in Cinema
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Introduction of Semiotics in Cinema
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Signifier and Signified
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Seven (1995) - Enigmatic Code and Key Connotations
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Seven (1995) - Enigmatic Code and Cultural Code
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Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics: Lesson Summary
Plots, Narratives and Characters in Cinema
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Plots, Narratives and Characters in Cinema: Learning Outcomes
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Plots and Narratives in Cinema
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Plots - Unreliable Narrator and Concept of Defamiliarization
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Types and Myths in Plots
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Conflicts as an Elements
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Introduction of Characters in Cinema
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Dynamic, Flat and Allegorical Characters
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Plots, Narratives and Characters in Cinema: Lesson Summary
Editing Techniques in Cinema
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Editing Techniques in Cinema: Learning Outcomes
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Editing in Cinema - Montage
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Editing in Cinema - Jumpcut
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Realism and Realistic Films in Cinema
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Dogme Principle and Realism
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Colors Theory and Practice
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Colors, Narratives and Nostalgia
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Editing Techniques in Cinema: Lesson Summary
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Describe theories of filmmaking and techniques in cinema
- Explain concept of cinematography
- Identify the roles of colours in filmmaking
- Explain the concept of 'defamiliarization'
- Describe certain cinematic and literary concepts
- Explain Genette’s concept of an unreliable narrator.
- Distinguish between montage and jump cut techniques
- Define the difference between realism and naturalism in cinema
Certification
All Alison courses are free to enrol, study and complete. To successfully complete this Diploma course and become an Alison Graduate, you need to achieve 80% or higher in each course assessment. Once you have completed this Diploma course, you have the option to acquire an official Diploma, which is a great way to share your achievement with the world. Your Alison Diploma is:
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