27869 - Iconography of Cinema (1) (2nd cycle)

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production (cod. 0966)

Learning outcomes

Students shall be able to put the iconic elements of the film in relation with its narrative structure. 

Course contents

A genealogy of film noir: its style, its contents, its nightmares.

Readings/Bibliography

Bibliography is a work in progress: it will be ready by the beginning of the course (february 2017)

Teaching methods

Lectures. Ten lectures, each one three hours long

Assessment methods

Oral examinations: students will be tested on the subjects of the course. They shall be able to give proper answers and to PROPERLY MASTER THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Teaching tools

The vision of films is required. The list of the films will be published later on in the year. The course will start in February 2017

Office hours

See the website of Leonardo Gandini