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Module 1: Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics

Module 1: Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics

Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics: Learning Outcomes

Film Techniques, Theories and Movements

Introduction of Colors in Cinema

Introduction of Semiotics in Cinema

Signifier and Signified

Seven (1995) - Enigmatic Code and Key Connotations

Seven (1995) - Enigmatic Code and Cultural Code

Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics: Learning Summary

Module 2: Plots, Narratives and Characters in Cinema

Plots, Narratives and Characters in Cinema: Learning Outcomes

Plots and Narratives in Cinema

Plots - Unreliable Narrator and Concept of Defamiliarization

Types and Myths in Plots

Conflicts as an Elements

Introduction of Characters in Cinema

Dynamic, Flat and Allegorical Characters

Plots, Narratives and Characters in Cinema: Lesson Summary

Module 3: Editing Techniques in Cinema

Editing Techniques in Cinema: Learning Outcomes

Editing in Cinema - Montage

Editing in Cinema - Jumpcut

Realism and Realistic Films in Cinema

Dogme Principle and Realism

Colors Theory and Practice

Colors, Narratives and Nostalgia

Editing Techniques in Cinema: Learning Summary

Module 4: Introduction of Intertextuality, Modernism and Expressionism

Introduction of Intertextuality, Modernism and Expressionism: Learning Outcomes

Intertextuality and Casablanca (1942)

Intertextuality and The Blade Runner (1982)

Intertextuality and The Matrix (1999)

Cinema and Modernism

Expressionism in Cinema

Introduction of Intertextuality, Modernism and Expressionism: Learning Summary

Module 5: Diploma in Introduction to Film Studies - First Assessment

Diploma in Introduction to Film Studies - First Assessment

Module 6: The French Masters and Concept of Canonical Text in Cinema

The French Masters and Concept of Canonical Text in Cinema: Learning Outcomes

The French Masters: Jean Renoir

The French Master: Robert Bresson

Features and Elements in Bresson's Work

Canonical Text: Citizen Kane

Canonical Text: Godfather

New Hollywood Movement and Coppola

The French Masters and Concept of Canonical Text in Cinema: Learning Summary

Module 7: Classic Hollywood

Classic Hollywood: Learning Outcomes

The Academy Awards

Classic Hollywood

Major Film Makers in Cinema

Melodrama: Cinema of Douglas Sirk

Classic Hollywood: Lesson Summary

Module 8: Introduction of German Expressionism, Italian Cinema and Japanese Cinema

Introduction of German Expressionism, Italian Cinema and Japanese Cinema: Learning Outcomes

German Expressionism and Film Noir

Stars as Icon and James Dean Phenomena

Cinema and The Counterculture Movement

Italian Cinema, Italian Neo-Realism and Italian Masters

Japanese Cinema and Major Filmmakers

Introduction of German Expressionism, Italian Cinema and Japanese Cinema: Lesson Summary

Module 9: Auteur Theory, New Hollywood and Major Filmmakers in New Hollywood

Auteur Theory, New Hollywood and Major Filmmakers in New Hollywood: Learning Outcomes

Auteur Theory in the USA

Case Study: Rope (1948)

New Hollywood Wave

Major Filmmakers in Hollywood - I

Major Filmmakers in Hollywood - II

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg Work in Cinema

Auteur Theory, New Hollywood and Major Filmmakers in New Hollywood: Lesson Summary

Module 10: Introduction of Genre, Post Modern Cinema and The Western

Introduction of Genre, Post Modern Cinema and The Western: Learning Outcomes

Introduction of Genre in Cinema

Gangster Genres and Cinema

Postmodern Cinema and Its Features

Major Movies in Postmodern Cinema

The Western

Introduction of Genre, Post Modern Cinema and The Western: Lesson Summary

Module 11: Diploma in Introduction to Film Studies - Second Assessment

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