- Docente: Guglielmo Pescatore
- Credits: 6
- SSD: L-ART/06
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production (cod. 0966)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 0973)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Semiotics (cod. 8886)
Learning outcomes
The course aims to introduce students to the complexity of entertainment and to its manifold implications, which include the definition of consumption habits of individuals and (more or less homogeneous) groups of individuals, also in relation to different cultures of taste.
Course contents
– Definition of entertainment
– Entertainment and leisure in Europe and in the USA– History and development of entertainment practices
– Film, radio, television
– Gamification processes: from theme parks to videogames
– Mixed reality: from tourism to pervasive architectures
Readings/Bibliography
The students will be provided with study materials and bibliographical indications during each class. At the end of the course, attending students will be provided with the knowledge and reasearch material to pass the final exam.
All of the students must study, preferably since the beginning of the course, the following introductive text:
Enrico Menduni, Entertainment, il Mulino, Bologna 2013.
Attenting students will also add the materials and bibliographical indication provided during the classes.
Non-attending students will also add the two following texts:
Frank Rose, Immersi nelle storie, Codice, 2013/Frank Rose, The Art of Immersion, Norton & Co., 2012
V. Innocenti, G. Pescatore, Le nuove forme della serialità televisiva, Archetipo, 2008.
Teaching methods
Frontal instruction with support materials.
In depth-analysis on materials sent to the students.
Students presentations with in-class discussions.
Assessment methods
The final exam aims to evaluate the achievement of the educational purposes pointed out in the program. To this end, the student is required to write a paper which will be subsequently discussed during the oral exam. The topic of the paper must be agreed upon with the professor through email or during office hours and it should preferably take into consideration a case study, which will be analysed through the anlytical tools and knowledge provided during the course. The paper must not exceed 10 sheets (1 sheet = 2000 characters), bibliography excluded. It must be delivered on paper to the reception of the Department of Arts (via Barberia 4), at least one week before the oral exam.
The paper will then be discussed during the exam, which will also verify the competences on the course themes and textbooks. The final grade will evaluate the paper and the discussion, the specific knowledge and, for attending students, class participation.
All of the students must sign up to the exam through AlmaEsami; it won't be possible to test students who can't sign up because of delays in the submission of the study plan, in the tax payments, etc. The exam will take place in equipped classrooms; in order to optimize their use, students who won't be able to take the exam must sign off the list. It is mandatory to bring a valid photo ID the day of the exam, along with the student's Unibo credentials.
Teaching tools
A prezi presentation will be made available to students at the end of every class.
Audiovisual material will be shown to support the case studies.
The class materials will be send to attending students through a specific distribution list.
Office hours
See the website of Guglielmo Pescatore