CODE 104828 ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 3 SCIENZE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE 8752 (L-20) - SAVONA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-ART/06 TEACHING LOCATION SAVONA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course aims to provide an adequate knowledge of cinematic and audio-visual language, in its development from the origins of cinema and television to the present day. In order to allow a critical approach of analysis that takes into account the most important historical and theoretical turning points. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES The workshop, organized on two distinct modules, aims at providing a specific knowledge on the internal logics, styles and forms of communication characterizing cinematographic and television languages. AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course aims to provide suitable tools for analyzing the audiovisual text, leading to an advanced understanding of it, through the knowledge of the historical developments in language, technology, theory and poetics of cinema, from its origins to the advent of digitalisation. TEACHING METHODS Lectures, screenings and textual analyses SYLLABUS/CONTENT The course is structured through lectures that will also include screenings of movies, or movie clips, which will be analyzed and discussed. The course will examine the history of cinema from the pioneering era, to the formation and consolidation of cinematic language, and then the establishment of a Hollywood "koiné", the so-called "classical cinema", which was able to impose on different national film industries. The cinema of the historic avant-garde will be considered, as well as the neo-avant-garde of "modern cinema", which intends to question and overcome the film's classicism. Finally, the innovations and problems posed by the digital revolution will be discussed. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY Cinema: - G. Rondolino, D. Tomasi, Manuale del film. Linguaggio, racconto, analisi, Torino, UTET - A. Mazzoleni, L'ABC del linguaggio cinematografico, Roma, Dino Audino Further teaching material will be provided by AulaWeb Television: - R. Sodi, C'era una volta il monoscopio, Milano, EMUSE - a book choosen from the following: either G. Simonelli, Cari amici vicini e lontani, Milano, Bruno Mondadori or M. Cirri, Sette tesi sulla magia della radio, Milano, Bompiani TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD GIORGIO SIMONELLI SAVERIO ZUMBO Ricevimento: Before the class or by appointment. Exam Board SAVERIO ZUMBO (President) GIORGIO SIMONELLI (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START September 30th. 2021 Class schedule L'orario di tutti gli insegnamenti è consultabile all'indirizzo EasyAcademy. EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exams will consist of a written test. Exam schedule Data Ora Luogo Degree type Note 11/01/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto 27/01/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto 10/02/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto 17/05/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto 31/05/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto 16/06/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto 01/07/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto 08/09/2022 15:00 SAVONA Scritto FURTHER INFORMATION Please visit the AualWeb page for further information