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Department of American Studies Department of American Studies

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Quendler Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Quendler, +43 512 507 41605

610016

Introduction to Film Studies

VU 2

3,5

weekly

each semester

English

This course will provide a basic film terminology and knowledge of critical approaches, which will foster critical interpretations of film.

The course serves as an introduction to various aspects of film. The approach will be two-pronged in that not only technical features, such as lighting, camera, and editing will be dealt with but also questions of genre and narrative style, i.e., the classic realist text, art cinema, as well as different critical theories.

Lecture, texts and film clips, individual and group discussion, final test, group production of short film clips.

Active participation, written final exam

Recommended introductory reading: Nelmes, Jill. _An Introduction to Film Studies_. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2003.