Spring 2017 - FPA 436 D100

Advanced Seminar in Film and Video Studies (4)

Editing Aesthetics

Class Number: 8261

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 4 – Apr 7, 2017: Wed, 9:30 a.m.–1:20 p.m.
    GOLDCORP

  • Instructor:

    Yi Cui
  • Prerequisites:

    FPA 335 or 337.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Features intensive study and analysis of selected topics in film theory, history, criticism and aesthetics. Examples include: work of specific directors or periods; theories of narrativity; particular aspects of national cinemas, etc.

COURSE DETAILS:

In this course, we will study various film editing approaches/aesthetics and theories behind them. By looking at different movements through the film history, we will discuss topics such as: “the origin of invisible montage”, “Impressionist montage”, “Expressionist montage”, “Pudovkin’s theories”, “Eisenstein’s theories”, “Modernist Montage”, “montage in French New Wave”, “montage in American Avant-garde”, “editing as spectacle”, “time, rhythm and editing”, “film montage and Postmodernism”. These topics will be explored through film screenings and theoretical readings.   A series of hands-on editing exercises will be assigned to further the understanding of discussion topics. These exercises will be conducted both individually and in groups. Students will also be given the opportunities to review and revise one another’s work in progress.

Grading

  • Class Participation 15%
  • Journals and Research Essay 40%
  • Editing Exercises 30%
  • Presentations 15%

Materials

RECOMMENDED READING:

Reisz and Millar. The Technique of Film Editing. London & New York: Focal Press, 1968

Sergei Eisenstein. Film Form. ed. & trans. By Jay Leyda. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World Inc. 1949

Noel Carroll. Theorizing the Moving Image. Cambridge University Press. 1996

Adams Sitney. Modernist Montage. Columbia University Press, 1990

John Orr. Cinema and Modernity. Cambridge. Polity Press, 1993

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