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Film History I

Course code

BFM6048.FK

old course code

BFM6048

Course title in Estonian

Filmikunsti ajalugu I

Course title in English

Film History I

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The course Film History aims at chronologically retracing the development of cinematographic art in Europe and in the United States.

Brief description of the course

Starting from the very first projection in 1895 the course follows the main developments and tendencies in narrative cinema, from a technological, esthetical, cultural and political point of view. After the students have required basic knowledge about the subject they should be enabled to relate the historic framework to the current state of the art and identify the main tendencies of the future. This introduction course finally also describes and analyses the common points and differences between American and the European cinema. The first part of the course Film History 1 covers the development of narrative films from 1895 until the 1960s.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- understands contextually the first 70 years of cinema;
- has knowledge of the key films, directors and film movements;
- understands of the technical features of the films;
- has improved film analysis skills.

Teacher

Dirk Hoyer, MA

The course is a prerequisite

Film History II (BFM6049)
Film History II (BFM6223.FK)
Film History II (BFM6065.FK)

Study programmes containing that course