Post-Cinema: Technology, Politics, Audiences
General data
| Course ID: | 4219-SD0080-OG |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
08.9
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| Course title: | Post-Cinema: Technology, Politics, Audiences |
| Name in Polish: | Post-Cinema: Technology, Politics, Audiences |
| Organizational unit: | American Studies Center |
| Course groups: |
General university courses General university courses in American Studies Center General university courses in the social sciences |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | English |
| Type of course: | general courses |
| Short description: |
What we know as cinema has never been a homogenous body but really a range of diverse entities. Nevertheless, in the 20th century, most of them utilized a fairly uniform spectrum of formal devices and narrative grooves. In the 21st century, though, a number of transformations and innovations, many triggered by the arrival of digital technologies, make it possible to talk about post-cinema. We will examine these developments and aesthetics through close readings of selected films to discover how they change our ways of thinking about and feeling with the movies. |
| Full description: |
What we know as cinema has never been a homogenous body but really a range of diverse entities. Nevertheless, in the 20th century, most of them utilized a fairly uniform spectrum of formal devices and narrative grooves. In the 21st century, though, a number of transformations and innovations, many triggered by the arrival of digital technologies, make it possible to talk about post-cinema. Some of these departures are spectacular and staggering; others less obvious but no less game-changing. We will examine these developments and aesthetics through close readings of selected films to discover how they change our ways of thinking about and feeling with the movies. |
| Bibliography: |
Selected primary texts: - Gamer (dir. Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor 2009) - Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (dir. Kerry Conran 2004) - Southland Tales (dir. Richard Kelly 2006) - Paranormal Activity (dir. Oren Peli 2007) - Detention (dir. Joseph Kahn 2012) - Unfriended (dir. Leo Gabriadze, 2014) - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (dir. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ram-sey, Rodney Rothman, 2018) Selected secondary texts: - Shane Denson & Julia Leyda Post-Cinema: Theorizing 21st-Century Film (2016) - Shane Denson Discorrelated Images (2020) - Deborah Levitt The Animatic Apparatus: Animation, Vitality, and the Futures of the Image (2018) - selections of book chapters and journal articles |
| Learning outcomes: |
Upon completing this course, a student: 1. KNOWLEDGE • has a knowledge of American film in the last two decades • recognizes key texts of post-cinema • is aware of multiple contexts of contemporary American film, including technological, economic, and industrial 2. SKILLS • is able to use critical tools • is able to formulate critical arguments about American film and media • is able to use a range of theoretical apparatuses in analyses of individual films 3. SOCIAL COMPETENCES • is aware of cultural differences between American and European popular cultures • is open to new phenomena and ideas in American popular culture • understands and appreciates the role of popular literature in the United States |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Students are expected to watch assigned movies, read assigned texts, at-tend classes, participate in class discussion, and write a final es-say/project. 1) final paper 2) class participation 3) weekly activities |
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