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Introduction to Film Studies. Instructor: Prof. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,

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1111 years

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40

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IIT Madras. The objective of this course is to enable students to understand the language of cinema and to help them recognize significant film movements and theories as well as filmmakers who have shaped the course of world cinema, along with a reading of key cinematic texts. (from nptel.ac.

Course Currilcum

  • Lecture 01 – Course Overview Unlimited
  • Lecture 02 – Cinema and Semiotics Unlimited
  • Lecture 03 – Cinema and Semiotics (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 04 – Plot in Cinema Unlimited
  • Lecture 05 – Plot in Cinema (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 06 – Character as a Plot Element Unlimited
  • Lecture 07 – Editing in Cinema Unlimited
  • Lecture 08 – Realism in Cinema Unlimited
  • Lecture 09 – Colour: Theory and Practice Unlimited
  • Lecture 10 – Intertextuality Unlimited
  • Lecture 11 – Intertextuality (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 12 – Intertextuality (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 13 – Cinema and Modernism Unlimited
  • Lecture 14 – Cinema and Modernism (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 15 – The French Masters Unlimited
  • Lecture 16 – The French Masters (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 17 – The French Masters (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 18 – Canonical Text Unlimited
  • Lecture 19 – Canonical Text (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 20 – Canonical Text (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 21 – The Academy Awards Unlimited
  • Lecture 22 – Classic Hollywood Unlimited
  • Lecture 23 – Classic Hollywood (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 24 – Classic Hollywood (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 25 – Case Study Unlimited
  • Lecture 26 – Stars as Icons Unlimited
  • Lecture 27 – Cinema and the Counterculture Movement Unlimited
  • Lecture 28 – Italian Cinema Unlimited
  • Lecture 29 – Japanese Cinema Unlimited
  • Lecture 30 – Auteur Theory in the USA Unlimited
  • Lecture 31 – Auteur Theory in the USA (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 32 – New Hollywood Unlimited
  • Lecture 33 – New Hollywood (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 34 – New Hollywood (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 35 – New Hollywood (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 36 – Cinema and Genres Unlimited
  • Lecture 37 – Cinema and Genres (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 38 – Postmodernism and Cinema Unlimited
  • Lecture 39 – Postmodernism and Cinema (cont.) Unlimited
  • Lecture 40 – The Western Unlimited