Film Appreciation

By Prof. Aysha Iqbal | IIT Madras

Learners enrolled: 3401

The course focuses on helping the participants to appreciate cinema by understanding its distinct language, its narrative complexity and the way films control and stimulate our thoughts and feelings. Through various examples from Indian and international cinema, the course will explain how cinema as a visual medium, engages with us in constructing meaning.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Any Interested Learners

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	14 Sep 2020
End Date :	06 Nov 2020
Enrollment Ends :	25 Sep 2020
Exam Date :	18 Dec 2020 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

WEEK 1 :

Introduction
Key concepts-Part 1
Key Concepts-Part 2
Film Theory
Genre Theory

WEEK 2 :

Traditions in World Cinema-Lecture: German Expressionism
Lecture: Italian New-Realism
Lecture: French New Wave
Lecture: Spanish Cinema
Lecture: British New Wave
Lecture: Chinese Cinema

WEEK 3 :

Action Cinema
Lecture: Deewar
Aspects of Cinema: Melodrama
Formalism in Cinema
The Language of Cinema
Devdas
City Cinema

WEEK 4 :

The Semiotics of Cinema
Raging Bull
Robert Bresson
Studio Cinema: Part -1
Studio Cinema: Part 2

WEEK 5 :

New Hollywood Cinema: Part 1
New Hollywood Cinema: Part 2
History of Hindi Cinema Part 1
History of Hindi Cinema Part 2
History of Hindi Cinema: Part 3

WEEK 6 :

Aspects of cinema:
Ideology in Cinema
Character in Cinema

Cinema in India :

Mythological Cinema in India
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
Hindi Film Music

WEEK 7 :

WORLD CINEMA : The Hollywood musicals
WORLD CINEMA : African cinema
WORLD CINEMA : Iranian cinema
WORLD CINEMA : Canadian Cinema
WORLD CINEMA : Eastern European Cinema
WORLD CINEMA : European Cinema Hungary, Sweden, Greece

WEEK 8 :

Postmodernism and cinema
Small towns in cinema
Film sequels, remakes and cult films
Parallel Cinema from India

Books and references

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Instructor bio

Prof. Aysha Iqbal

IIT Madras

Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan is professor of film studies, drama and popular culture in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras. Among her several books are Behind the Scenes: Contemporary Bollywood Directors(ed.) Sage: New Delhi, 2017, Post-liberalization Indian Novels in English: Global Reception & Politics of Award London: ANTHEM, 2013. Her books on communication include English for Technical Communication, and English for Nurses and English for the Hotel Industry

Course certificate

• The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

• The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

• Date and Time of Exams: 18 December 2020, Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

• Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

• The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

• Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE:

• Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.

• Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

• Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75.

• If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

• Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc

• Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.