Early Cinema: From the Cinematograph of the Lumieres to Eisenstein's Montage Technique (P00470)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : LLC-P-P00470

This course is designed to explore the emergence of major concepts of film-making in Europe in the 1920s and early 1930s. Students will be introduced to the beginnings of European cinema in the work of the Lumieres, Melies, the Brighton school and early Danish productions. The course will then focus on three developments: Russian cinema and the practice of montage in the films of Eisenstien, Pudovkin and Vertov; German cinema from its expressionist beginnings in Dr. Caligari and Metropolis to Brecht's epic project Kuhle Wampe; the development of early French film style in dadaist and surrealist surroundings in the work of Rene Clair and Bunuel, and in the poetic projects of Vigo. Discussions will involve a variety of topics such as cinema's relation to traditional art-forms and contemporary art movements, the quest for an independent film style, the advance of cinemata technology and the impact of the advent of sound.

Entry Requirements

? Co-requisites : P00461: Film Theory 1 P00462: Film Theory 2

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures), (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	15:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Semester 1 or 2

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Familiarity with the key theories of filmmaking and with the major development in cinema from the beginning to the early 1930s. Ability to analyse the works in context, both thematically and stylistically.