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Postgraduate Course: Early Cinema: From the Cinematograph of the Lumieres to Eisenstein's Montage Technique (CLLC11050)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaCommon Courses (School of Lit, Lang and Cult) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis 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 (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Film Theory 1 (CLLC11041) AND Film Theory 2 (CLLC11042)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
CentralLecture1-22 14:00 - 15:50
First Class First class information not currently available
Additional information 2 hour(s) per week for 10 week(s). Semester 1 or 2
No Exam Information
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.
Assessment Information
One essay of 4,000 words.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Martine Beugnet
Tel: (0131 6)50 3637
Email: M.Beugnet@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Heather Elliott
Tel: (0131 6)50 3030
Email: Heather.Elliott@ed.ac.uk
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