the aesthetics of cinema

Establishment

Language of instruction

French, English

This course occurs in the following program(s)

Training officer(s)

Sylvie Dubois

Period

Goal

To define and
analyse the director's role in a film and how it is produced; to understand the
narrative techniques used in the cinema.

Presentation

The role of light:

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Natural light

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Expressionist light

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Classic use of light – the
Hollywood method

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Realistic light – the loss of meaning
in modern use of ligh

Sound :

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The birth of the talking pictures

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Sound to convey action

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Emancipation of sound – voices
over, unsynchronised sound and picture, etc.

Production

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Definition and controversy

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Straight narrative – the American
School

alternating or parallel narrative

Expressive narrative : the Soviet School

The Koulechov effect, attraction, irregular
narrative, speed production.

Evaluation