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.
Week No.
Topics
1.
Theme, Story and Screenplay
Characteristics
Semiotics
Cinematic Terms
Cinematography and Editing - Time and Space, Narrative, Shot
Set and Design, Lighting
Sound/Music
2.
Feature Films and Short Films
Documentaries
Introduction to Indian Cinema
History of Indian Cinema - Dadasaheb Phalkey, Bombay Talkies, mythologicals etc
History of Indian Cinema (contd.)
Cubism, Realism, Neo-realism
Other arts and cinema - theater, painting
3.
Importance accorded to song and dance
Actors and personality cults
Mythological Films
Formula in Cinema - Masculine Charisma
Melodrama in Indian Cinema
4.
'B' Movies
High Culture vis a vis low culture
Satire
Cult
Remakes
Japanese Cinema
British Cinema
Iranian Cinema
Chinese/Korean Cinema
Latin American Cinema
Regional Cinema in India
5.
Major turning points and trends in cinema
Major turning points and trends in cinema
Parallel cinema in India
Parallel cinema in India
6.
Cinema and Literature - Adaptive books to the screen
NRI cinema
Language in Indian Cinema - English Bollywood movies
Impact of the multiplex system
Under development
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