Film Appreciation
Film Appreciation. Instructor: Prof. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. The course focuses on helping the participants to appreciate cinema by understanding its distinct language, its narrative complexity and the way films control and stimulate our thoughts and feelings. Through various examples from Indian and international cinema, the course will explain how cinema as a visual medium, engages with us in constructing meaning.
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| Introduction |
| Lecture 01 - Introduction |
| Key Concepts |
| Lecture 02 - Key Concepts, Part 1 |
| Lecture 03 - Key Concepts, Part 2 |
| Film Theory |
| Lecture 04 - Film Theory |
| Genre Theory |
| Lecture 05 - Genre Theory |
| Traditions in World Cinema |
| Lecture 06 - German Expressionism |
| Lecture 07 - Italian Neo-Realism |
| Lecture 08 - French New Wave |
| Lecture 09 - Spanish Cinema |
| Lecture 10 - British New Wave |
| Lecture 11 - Chinese Cinema |
| Action Cinema |
| Lecture 12 - Action Cinema |
| Lecture 13 - Deewar |
| Aspects of Cinema |
| Lecture 14 - Melodrama |
| Lecture 15 - Formalism in Cinema |
| Lecture 16 - The Language of Cinema |
| Lecture 17 - Devdas |
| Lecture 18 - City Cinema |
| Semiotics in Cinema |
| Lecture 19 - The Semiotics of Cinema |
| Lecture 20 - Raging Bull |
| Lecture 21 - Robert Bresson |
| Studio Cinema |
| Lecture 22 - Studio Cinema, Part 1 |
| Lecture 23 - Studio Cinema, Part 2 |
| New Hollywood Cinema |
| Lecture 24 - New Hollywood Cinema, Part 1 |
| Lecture 25 - New Hollywood Cinema, Part 2 |
| History of Hindi Cinema |
| Lecture 26 - History of Hindi Cinema, Part 1 |
| Lecture 27 - History of Hindi Cinema, Part 2 |
| Lecture 28 - History of Hindi Cinema, Part 3 |
| Aspects of Cinema |
| Lecture 29 - Ideology in Cinema |
| Lecture 30 - Character in Cinema |
| Cinema in India |
| Lecture 31 - Mythological Cinema in India |
| Lecture 32 - The Cinema of Satyajit Ray |
| Lecture 33 - Hindi Film Music |
| Lecture 34 - The Hollywood Musicals |
| Lecture 35 - African Cinema |
| Lecture 36 - Iranian Cinema |
| Lecture 37 - Canadian Cinema |
| Lecture 38 - Eastern European Cinema |
| Lecture 39 - European Cinema: Hungary, Sweden, Greece |
| Lecture 40 - Postmodernism and Cinema |
| Lecture 41 - Small Towns in Cinema |
| Lecture 42 - Film Sequels, Remarks and Cult Films |
| Lecture 43 - Parallel Cinema from India |
| References |
Film Appreciation
Instructor: Prof. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. The course focuses on helping the participants to appreciate cinema by understanding its distinct language, its narrative complexity and the way films control and stimulate our thoughts and feelings.
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