Semiotic Analysis of Moving Images

Code Cours
2223-ISTC-L3S2-UE18-SEMIMA
Language of instruction
French, English
Teaching content
UE18
Training officer(s)
J.Fiévet
Stakeholder(s)
J.Fiévet
Level
Bachelor
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
- The follow-up of the first semester of semiology of the still image.

- Being interested in and / or knowing how to use acquired practice of the image.

- Being curious and having a culture of the image through various media.

- Mastering written and oral expression in order to develop reasoned analyzes and interpretations.
Goal
- Questioning the stakes of the image, its impact on the viewer according to the constraints of its realization.

- Knowing the history of the moving image, through its appearance with the cinema, the various technical and theoretical principles, the historical evolutions, the technical transformations and its current stakes.

- Understanding by the method of the sequence analysis, the links between the techniques of the image in movement, the stakes of the assembly and the narration, and the position of the spectator.

- Suggesting interpretations according to the challenges of the image, its uses in contemporary society and its dissemination, whether in the artistic field, communication or advertising.
Presentation
- The audience place as the image mediator

Progress in the course of semiology of the image in movement:

- Techniques of the surroundings and theorical principles of the movement image
- Link between the image and the space, visual and sound field
- Editing issues, technique basis and structures of the total editing
- The point of view and the film announcement
- The audience place, identification and narration principles
- Image space in the contemporary world, custom's transformations and interpretation issues

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Independent study
Travail personnel indicatif 15,00
Face to face
15,00
Overall student workload 30,00
Evaluation
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Continuous assessment
0,25 1 40,00
Final Exam
1,30 1 60,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
La photographie - André Rouillé

- André Rouillé, La photographie, edition Folio essais

La chambre clair - Roland Barthes

- Roland Barthes, La chambre clair, edition Cahiers du cinéma Seuil

Sur la photographie - Susan Sontag

- Susan Sontag, Sur la photographie, edition Titres Christian Bourgois

Petite histoire de la photographie - Walter Benjamin

- Walter Benjamin, Petite histoire de la photographie, édition Allia