FILM CRITICISM WORKSHOP

Marco PISTOIA FILM CRITICISM WORKSHOP

4322200098
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
EQF7
THEATRE AND MEDIA STUDIES
2024/2025

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2020
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
330LAB
Objectives
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY, THE THEORY AND THE PRACTICE OF THE FILM CRITIC, IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GENERAL SYSTEM OF THE ARTISTIC CRITIC (LITERATURE, THEATRE, PAINTINGS), IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TO THE STUDENTS THE INSTRUMENTS OF MAKING A FILM CRITIC.
Prerequisites
THE FILMOLOGY COURSE IN THE I YEAR OF THE MASTER'S DEGREE IS PREPEDEUTICAL (A GOOD KNOWLEDGE IN FILM STUDIES IS NECESSARY).
Contents
THE COURSE TRAVERSES THE HISTORY OF FILM CRITICISM, WITH EXAMPLES FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS, DIFFERENT METHODS AND WITH THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN NEWSPAPERS AND (MAINLY TRADE) MAGAZINES, I.E. REVIEWS FOR NEWSPAPERS AND REVIEWS FOR MAGAZINES, AS WELL AS MORE RECENT ONLINE CONFIGURATIONS.
AS THIS IS A WORKSHOP, PERIODIC EXERCISES ARE PLANNED DURING THE COURSE OF THE LECTURES.
15 LESSONS OF 2 HOURS EACH ROUGHLY DIVIDED AS FOLLOWS
4 INTRODUCTORY HOURS
15 HOURS OF HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND EXAMPLES
6 HOURS OF LAB WITH GUESTS
5 HOURS OF IN-DEPTH SEMINAR IN THE CLASSROOM
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING METHODS APPLIED WILL BE MAINLY RELATED TO THE COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT FORMS OF CRITICISM, DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES AND DIFFERENT AESTHETIC AND THEORETICAL MODELS. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS WILL BE GUIDED IN THE WRITING OF A REVIEW, WITH PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
Verification of learning
PERIODIC EXERCISES ARE PLANNED DURING THE COURSE AND A LARGER FINAL EXERCISE TO FURTHER TEST THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED. THERE IS NO FINAL EXAMINATION.
Texts
1)A. PEZZOTTA, LA CRITICA CINEMATOGRAFICA, NUOVA EDIZIONE, CAROCCI, 2018.
2) CRITICA CINEMATOGRAFICA, IN ENCICLOPEDIA DEL CINEMA, TRECCANI, VERSIONE WEB
3) LA CRITICA CINEMATOGRAFICA, IN XXI SECOLO, TRECCANI, VERSIONE WEB
More Information
DURING THE COURSE OF THE WORKSHOP, MEETINGS WITH PROFESSIONAL CRITICS FROM DIFFERENT GENERATIONS ARE PLANNED, WITH REFERENCES TO BOTH THE PRINT MEDIA AND THE WEB.
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