The course focuses on helping the participants to appreciate cinema by understanding its distinct language, its narrative complexity and the way films control and stimulate our thoughts and feelings. Through various examples from Indian and international cinema, the course will explain how cinema as a visual medium, engages with us in constructing meaning.
INTENDED AUDIENCE :
Any Interested Learners
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan is professor of film studies, drama and popular culture in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. Among her several books are Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Bollywood Directors(ed.) Sage: New Delhi, 2017, Post-liberalization Indian Novels in English: Global Reception & Politics of Award London: ANTHEM, 2013. Her books on communication include English for Technical Communication, and English for Nurses and English for the Hotel Industry
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Institute
IIT Madras
Total hours
20
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Course Details
WEEK 1 :
Introduction
Key concepts-Part 1
Key Concepts-Part 2
Film Theory
Genre Theory
WEEK 2 :
Traditions in World Cinema-Lecture: German Expressionism
Lecture: Italian New-Realism
Lecture: French New Wave
Lecture: Spanish Cinema
Lecture: British New Wave
Lecture: Chinese Cinema
WEEK 3 :
Action Cinema
Lecture: Deewar
Aspects of Cinema: Melodrama
Formalism in Cinema
The Language of Cinema
Devdas
City Cinema
WEEK 4 :
The Semiotics of Cinema
Raging Bull
Robert Bresson
Studio Cinema: Part -1
Studio Cinema: Part 2
WEEK 5 :
New Hollywood Cinema: Part 1
New Hollywood Cinema: Part 2
History of Hindi Cinema Part 1
History of Hindi Cinema Part 2
History of Hindi Cinema: Part 3
WEEK 6 :
Aspects of cinema:
Ideology in Cinema
Character in Cinema
Cinema in India :
Mythological Cinema in India
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
Hindi Film Music
WEEK 7 :
WORLD CINEMA : The Hollywood musicals
WORLD CINEMA : African cinema
WORLD CINEMA : Iranian cinema
WORLD CINEMA : Canadian Cinema
WORLD CINEMA : Eastern European Cinema
WORLD CINEMA : European Cinema Hungary, Sweden, Greece
WEEK 8 :
Postmodernism and cinema
Small towns in cinema
Film sequels, remakes and cult films
Parallel Cinema from India
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