CN2200:04
Realism in the Cinema
Townsville
Inadmissable Subject Combination: CN3300
26 hours workshops. First semester.
Available to all students with 3 units of level 1 subjects. This subject, together with other CN subjects and VA1012, can form part of a 3-level strand in cinema studies. The lecturer in this subject should be consulted for further details.
Staff: Dr C Mann.
Realism in the cinema as exemplified in Italian cinema beginning with Italian neo-realism and continuing to the present, with particular emphasis on films by Fellini.
Learning Objectives:
- to elucidate the idea of realism in the cinema;
- to present major works of modern Italian cinema;
- to develop an awareness of filmic techniques for transmitting meaning;
- to develop skills for analysing realism in films in terms of current writing on realism while paying due attention to filmic techniques.
Assessment by minor weekly assignments (40%); workshop participation (20%); major assignment (40%).
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