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Film History

Course code

BFM6121.FK

old course code

BFM6121

Course title in Estonian

Filmikunsti ajalugu

Course title in English

Film History

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, aesthetical, 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:
- has contextual understanding of cinema;
- has knowledge of the key films, directors and film movements;
- has a understanding of the technical features of the films;
- has improved film analysis skills.

Teacher

lektor Dirk Hoyer

Study programmes containing that course