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ART300ZA(芸術学 / Art studies 300)
Film Studies

Catherine Munroe Hotes

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Faculty/Graduate school Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies
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Year 2024
Class code A6540
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Term 春学期授業/Spring
Day/Period 水3/Wed.3
Class Type
Campus 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya
Classroom name 市外濠‐S602
Grade 3~4
Credit(s) 2
Notes Not Available for ESOP Students.
Open Program
Open Program (Notes)
Global Open Program
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Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes)
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Diversity CP
Learning for the Future CP
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Chiyoda Campus Consortium
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Category (commenced 2024 onwards)
Category (commenced 2020-2023) 300-level Advanced Courses(上級)
Category (commenced 2016-2019) 300-level Advanced Courses
Arts and Literature

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Outline and objectives

This course is an introduction to the study and analysis of film. Over the course of the semester you will be exposed to key critical and theoretical approaches in 20th century film studies (genre, auteur theory, realism, formalism, etc.), in addition to gaining further knowledge into world cinema history and major film movements. All films screened in class are in their original language with English subtitles.

Goal

(1) Students will learn the basic terminology of film form in order to describe and analyse films. (2) Students will learn the key concepts of film authorship and genre. (3) Students will gain an understanding of film history and major film movements. (4) Students will learn, practice, and improve their film writing skills.

Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?

Will be able to gain “DP 1” and “DP 4”.

Default language used in class

英語 / English

Method(s)(学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. )

Each class consists of a lecture (50%), film clips (30%), and discussion (20%). Feedback on quizzes and written assignments will be sent via the Learning Management System or Google Classroom.

Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)

あり / Yes

Fieldwork in class

なし / No

Schedule

授業形態/methods of teaching:対面/face to face

※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。

1[オンライン/online]:Introduction: What is Film Studies?

Introduction: What is Film Studies?

2[対面/face to face]:Early Film History and Approaches to Film

A selection of early shorts (Lumières, Edison, Méliès, Alice Guy-Blaché) and film excerpts (D.W. Griffith, Edwin S. Porter, Mack Sennett, Germaine Dulac)

3[対面/face to face]:Classical Hollywood, the Studio System, and Mise-en-scène

Cleopatra (Cecil B. DeMille, USA, 1934); Casablanca (Michael Curtiz, 1942)

4[対面/face to face]:Soviet montage, Russian Cinema, and the Kuleshov Effect

Battleship Potemkin (Sergei Eisenstein, 1925)

5[対面/face to face]:Cinematography, Composing the Frame, and Authorship

North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959)

6[対面/face to face]:Narrative Form I

Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)
Midterm Scene Analysis (20%)

7[対面/face to face]:Narrative Form II

Rashomon (Akira Kurosawa, Japan, 1950), I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (Patricia Rozema, 1987)

8[対面/face to face]:Editing, and Camera Movement, and the Long Take

Touch of Evil (Orson Welles, 1958) and Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (Chantal Akerman, 1975)

9[対面/face to face]:New Hollywood and the Blockbuster Economy

The Godfather (Martin Scorsese, 1972), The Conversation (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)

10[対面/face to face]:Art Cinema and the Festival Circuit

Hiroshima mon amour (Alain Resnais, 1959), La Jetée (Chris Marker, 1962),
Black Girl (Ousmane Sembène, 1966)

11[対面/face to face]:Genre I: Melodrama, Colour, Affect

Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1945)

12[対面/face to face]:Genre II: Film Noir and Lighting

Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)

13[対面/face to face]:Sound, Cinephilia, Discontinuity Editing, and the French New Wave

Cléo de 5 à 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962, France).

14[対面/face to face]:Semester Recap and Tips for Completing the Analytical Essay.

For their final, students apply the film analysis techniques they have acquired in class to write an analytical essay about a film. The essay film will be announced the week after the midterm exam.

Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)

Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each.

Textbooks

Materials will be made available using online library resources or shared files.

References

Bordwell, David, Kristin Thompson & Jeff Smith, Film Art: An Introduction, 12th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2020.
Pramaggiore, Maria & Tom Wallis, Film: A Critical Introduction, 2nd ed. Pearson, 2008.

Grading criteria

Quizzes (5x10%): 50%
Midterm Scene Analysis: 20%
Film Analysis Essay: 30%

Changes following student comments

Not applicable.

Equipment student needs to prepare

This is a paper-free class. Students will need to access class materials and submit assignments online. Students may bring their device (laptop, tablet, et al.) to class in order to refer to course readings if necessary.

Prerequisite

None.