Introduction to cinema
This course aims to introduce students to the aesthetic specificity of cinema by a variety of methodological means (technology, history, semiotics, stylistics). Using a wide range of genres and authors (from Méliès to Tarantino), it will provide the basics of cinematographic grammar.
Short bibliography:
Jacques AUMONT et alii, Aesthetics of film, Austin (USA), University of Texas Press, 1992.
André BAZIN, What is cinema ?, Los Angeles/London, University of California Press, 2004.
Raymond BELLOUR, The Analysis of Film, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2001.
Raphaëlle MOINE, Cinema Genre, Blackwell Publishing, 2008.