Film and television history Field of study: Creative management in new media
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2020

Module name: Film and television history
Module code: 09-ZN-S2-HFIT
Programme code: W8-S2CM20.2020
Semester:
  • winter semester 2022/2023
  • winter semester 2021/2022
Language of instruction: depending on the choice
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 2
Description:
The aim of the course is: transfer of knowledge in the history of film and television, learning by students of canonical works of film and television art, currents shaping film work and television genres from the beginning of cinema and television, student acquisition of knowledge regarding the aesthetics of film image and methods of analysis and interpretation film and television works. Other thematic issues are: the place of film and television art in the history of other arts, and the ability to recognize and describe the most important phenomena and works from the history of film and television, the development of media and their transformations throughout history and in the context of social phenomena. Students will gain the ability to describe the shaping of film and media culture and the development of ways people communicate through various media in a historical perspective.
Prerequisites:
Student has to know general history. He sould be able to analyze tv messages, sources and to undestand visual messages.
Key reading:
A. Sepinwall: Two Experts Pick the Greatest American Shows of All Time. Grand Central Publishing, 2016. R. E. Pearson: The Transformation Performance Style in the Griffith Biograph Films. University of California Press, Berkeley - Los Angeles - Oxford 1992. R. Allen, M. Turvey: Camera Obscura, Camera Lucida: Essays in Honor of Annette Michelson. Amsterdam University Press, 2004. W. Armbrust: Mass Mediations. New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle East and Beyond. Berkeley University of California Press, 2000. T. Barnard: South American Cinema. A Critical filmography 1915–1994. University of Texas Press, 1996. S. Bay-Cheng, Ch. Kattenbelt, A. Lavender, R. Nelson: Mapping Intermediality in Performance. Amsterdam University Press, 2010. T.H. Jenkins: Fir The Cultural Logic of Media Convergence. 2004. W. Brooker: Living on Dawson’s Creek Teen viewers, cultural convergence, and television overflow. 2001.
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
Student identifies historical stages of media and cinema development, calls and defines communication and historical ages related to human communication, knows methods and tools, including data acquisition techniques, appropriate for media sciences, allowing to describe social structures and institutions and processes in them and between them. [HFIT_1]
 K_W01 [5/5]
Student has knowledge about the processes of changes in social structures and institutions and their elements in the field of media sciences and about the causes, course, scale and consequences of these changes, both on television and in the cinema. [HFIT_2]
 K_W04 [4/5]
Student is able to forecast (taking into account also the practical aspects of these forecasts) processes and social phenomena (cultural, political, legal, economic), using standard methods and tools appropriate for journalism and social communication. [HFIT_3]
 K_U01 [4/5]
Student can create oral, written and film forms of public communication and competently present them in the conditions of specific media or educational activities. [HFIT_4]
 K_U03 [5/5]
Student acquires sensitivity to the complexity of media and communication processes, becomes capable of critical analysis of media messages over the course of history, perceives media and cinema as tools for building social relations. [HFIT_5]
 K_K01 [4/5]
Student becomes a conscious recipient able to apply ethics in the assessment of media and film. He can refrain from expressing subjective judgments; has conciliation, mediation and moderation skills. [HFIT_6]
 K_K03 [3/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Test [HFIT_w_1]
Final exam (open and test questions), written essay.
 HFIT_1 HFIT_2
Continuous evaluation [HFIT_w_2]
The assessment is made by the teacher based on the current observation of the students' involvement in the contact classes, their own willingness to learn new content, their preparation for classes and progress in the field of knowledge and skills.
 HFIT_3 HFIT_4 HFIT_5 HFIT_6
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [HFIT_fs_1]
Lecture (basic method) and analysis of printed and digital sources, audiovisual works and presentation of e.g. presentation slides, programs, films.
 15
Analysis of the literature on the subject, analysis of the lecture content, searching for examples in practice, independent implementation of the indicated material sections, including the subject literature.
 15
practical classes [HFIT_fs_2]
Workshops - activating method - work in small groups.
 15
Individual preparation for each class, systematization of the material presented during classes, preparation of projects - also group ones. Self-realization of certain sections of material and analysis of examples selected by the lecturer, repetition and consolidation of knowledge and skills acquired during classes.
 15
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