Practical: Film Appreciation

Paper Code: 
JMC 325(b)
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Understand works of film as expressions of individual and human values within an historical and social context.
  2. Engage in the creative process of interpretive performance and comprehend the physical and intellectual demands required of filmmakers.
  3. Develop an appreciation for the aesthetic principles that guide or govern the art of film.
  4. Explain primary technological aspects of audio operation and camera operation as related to film production.
  5. Use the basic technical and artistic vocabulary of the film industry

 

 

Course Outcome (COs):

Course

Learning outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper   Code

Paper Title

JMC

325(b)

Practical :

Film Appreciation

CO78(b):Students will be able to express the individual and human values in social context.

CO79(b):Students will be able to engage in creative process.

CO80(b):Students will be explain the asthetics principles of film making.

CO81(b):Students will acquire skills and techniques of television production.

CO82(b):Students will be able to use basic technical and artistic vocabulary of film making.

 

Approach in teaching:

Lecture cum Discussion

Tool and writing practise.

Learning activities for the students

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation.

Continuous Assessment Test

Semester end examination

 

 

 

 

15.00
Unit I: 
Unit I
  • Direction: Construction of Cinema &Mise enScene
  • Screening ,Review and Interpretations
  • (Suggested Films from Contemporary World  Cinema)
 
15.00
Unit II: 
Unit II
  • Cinematography
  • Understanding Camera as Director’s Eye
  • Observing Framing, Film Lighiting Techniques, Styles&Types  Of FilmLighting (Suggested Films of Twentieth Century Indian Cinema)
10.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
  • Sound as a visual medium
  • Understanding the usage of sound design in films
  • Understanding variety of sound effects used in Cinema (Suggested Films of Modern Cinema)
10.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
  • Editing:Technicalities& Aesthetics
  • Understanding the Importance of Editing in Cinema
  • Understanding the use of Softwares used in Editing
  • Understanding the challenges faced by Editors (Suggested viewing of films Contemporary Cinema)
10.00
Unit V: 
Unit V
  • Film Criticism and Literacy
  • Writing for Films
  • Study of Film Critics
  • Film Literacy: Need of The Hour
  • Film Review as a Career
  • Suggested Reviews of Films of different Eras
Essential Readings: 
• Ralph Donald, Thomas Spann Fundamentals of TV production, Surjeet Publications, New Delhi 
• Herbert Zeith TV production handbook, Thomas Wordsworth publishing.
• Andre Bazin, “The Ontology of the Photographic Image” from his book What is Cinema Vol.I
• Berekeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press: 1967, 9-16
• Tom Gunning, "Non-continuity, Continuity, Discontinuity: A theory of Genres in EarlyFilms,"
 
Academic Year: 
2020-2021
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