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Introduction to Film and Television Art

Ningxia University via XuetangX

Overview






This course, "Introduction to Film and Television Art", has a rigorous structure and is divided into three parts: introduction, film language, and film history. Starting from the basic question "What is film?", it introduces film technology, film analysis, and film research; the film language part mainly introduces the elements of film language, including visual language, auditory language, and montage; the film history part focuses on the development history and aesthetic characteristics of world cinema.

This course features classic film case analysis, selects representative and research-worthy works, combines film language, theory, history with the film itself, and helps students return to the film text and deeply understand film art. Strive to break through the limitations of traditional film research, integrate communication, sociology, and cultural studies, provide students with a diversified perspective, and broaden the research field.




Syllabus

  • 1 The concept of film
    • 1.1 Film Technology
    • 1.2 Film analysis
    • 1.3 Film Narrative
    • 1.4 Film Studies
  • 2 The Language of Visual Expression
    • 2.1 Screen
    • 2.2 Shot size
    • 2.3 Framing
    • 2.4 Light
    • 2.5 Movement of the Lens
    • 2.6 Special lens
  • 3 Auditory Language
    • 3.1 Sound Overview I
    • 3.2 Sound Overview II
    • 3.3 Sound Classification and Function I
    • 3.4 Sound Classification and Function II
    • 3.5 The Relationship between Sound and Image
  • 4 Montage
    • 4.1 Concepts and Historical Evolution
    • 4.2 The types of Montage
    • 4.3 Functions of Montage
  • 5 The Birth of Cinema
    • 5.1 The origin of cinema
    • 5.2 The Lumière Brothers
    • 5.3 Georges Méliès
  • 6 The Development of Film Narrative
    • 6.1 Brighton School and Porter's film narrative style
    • 6.2 Griffith's Concept of Film Narrative I
    • 6.3 Griffith's Concept of Film Narrative II
    • 6.4 American Comedy Film Narrative
  • 7 European Avant-garde Movies Movement
    • 7.1 French Impressionist
    • 7.2 French Surrealist Film
    • 7.3 German Expressionist Film
    • 7.4 The Development of Documentary Film
  • 8 American Hollywood Films
    • 8.1 The advent of talkie
    • 8.2 Hollywood film company and Production Policies
    • 8.3 The Concept and Mode of Genre Film I
    • 8.4 The Concept and Mode of Genre Film II
    • 8.5 Orson Welles and Citizen Kane
  • 9 French Poetic Realism
    • 9.1 Historical background
    • 9.2 Theoretical Connotation
    • 9.3 Famous Directors and Their Works
    • 9.4 Artistic Contributions
  • 10 Italian Neo-realism
    • 10.1 Historical background
    • 10.2 Famous Directors and Their Works
    • 10.3 The Development and Aesthetic Characteristics of Neorealism
  • 11 French New Wave and “Left Bank Group”
    • 11.1 The Historical Background of the New Wave
    • 11.2 The evolution of the New Wave
    • 11.3 Famous Directors and Their Works
    • 11.4 The evolution of the "Left Bank Group”
    • 11.5 The Difference Between the New Wave and “Left Bank Group”
  • 12 New Hollywood Film
    • 12.1 Historical Background
    • 12.2 The Development Process
    • 12.3 Famous Directors and Their Works
    • 12.4 The Characteristics of the New Hollywood Films
  • 13examination

    Taught by

    Yu Pengliang, Yang Fan, Yajie Zhao, Wang Yin, and Han Xu

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