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Film History II

Course code

BFM6065.FK

old course code

BFM6065

Course title in Estonian

Filmikunsti ajalugu II

Course title in English

Film History II

ECTS credits

4.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Dirk Hoyer (language of instruction:English)

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 1960s 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.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- have contextual understanding of the last 50 years of cinema;
- have knowledge of the key films, directors and film movements;
- have understanding of the technical features of the films;
- have improved film analysis skills.

Teacher

Dirk Hoyer, MA

Prerequisite course 1

Film History I (BFM6048.FK)

Study programmes containing that course