Transcript Cinema: East and West

Cinema: East and West
A New GE Course
Instructor: Dr. Louisa Wei
• Louisa received her PhD in film
studies from the University of
Alberta, Canada.
• In the past few years, she has
taught popular OOD courses
including “Chinese Language
Cinema” and “Gender in Popular
Media” to City University students.
• Louisa is a filmmaker herself,
writing feature film scripts and
directing independent
documentary films.
• At this moment, she is screening
her documentary titled “Storm
under the Sun” in International
Documentary Film Festival,
Amsterdam.
Course Goal
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This course aims to present students with a larger picture of how film
has developed from 1895 to today as both a popular medium and an
art form, and how cinemas of the West and the East have influenced
each other’s traditions through different eras. Students are expected
to define basic terminologies in cinema history, to name
representative directors and works from each country and/or period,
and to describe major events and trends in the world of film. By
covering significant ideas, movements and trends in cinema history,
the course will also enhance students’ general knowledge on culture
and history and provide them a vocabulary with which they can further
explore in the field of film/media studies and topics related to media
and cultural issues.
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這門課程講授電影從1895年誕生到今天的發展歷程。電影既是一種通俗的媒
介，又是一種藝術形式。雖然電影從西方發源，但很快就進入了東方，並且
在東方生根發展。世界電影史上，東西方電影一直互相影響並不斷由此產生
新的電影流派和風格。我們的課程上將會介紹重要的電影概念、電影運動，
以及電影潮流，使學生掌握基本的電影辭彙，並通過電影讓學生能夠提高對
歷史、文化中許多議題的認識。這是一門入門課程，對將來希望繼續探索電
影和媒體研究的學生是必選的課程。
Course Design
• This course is designed for students with no
experience in film/media studies, but will also be
greatly appreciated by students who love film
and study film on their own. In short, all you need
to bring to the class is your interest in cinema.
• In class, stories about how film has developed
from the earlier years to recent years will be
shared; while through the readings and exercises,
students will be able to:
– Read films as both narrative and cultural text;
– Write and discuss about films in various
contexts;
– Acquire a broader knowledge of cinema
culture; and
– Understand the basics terms of cinema.
Course Expectation
• The assignments for this class will
include three kinds: on-line
discussion, film journals and takehome exams. For each assignment,
detailed instruction will be given to
students and discussions between
students are encouraged. The
exams are always open book and
take-home exams designed to
encourage learning.
• Through the exercises, students are
expected to be familiar with basic
concepts and vocabulary of film art
and history, and to be able to write or
talk about films from cultural,
narrative and other perspectives.
Tutorials in smaller groups will allow
students to get to know each other
through in-class discussions on
screenings of film clips.
Weekly Topics (Part I)
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Early experiments in cinema: the
Lumière brothers, Edison cameras
and early documentaries (1895-1910s)
Classical Hollywood cinema, German
Expressionism, and French
Impressionist and Surrealism (19081927)
Soviet Montage (1924-1930) and the
Left-wing Films & the Realistic
Tradition in China and Japan (19301940s)
Italian Neorealism (1942-1951) and
the rising of Post-war Japanese
Cinema
The Socialist Cinema of Mainland
China, the Early Development of
Taiwanese Cinema and the Golden
Years of the Shaw Brothers (1950s—
1960s)
Weekly Topics (Part II)
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Art House films: The French New Wave
(1959-1964) and the Japanese New
Wave (1950s-1960s)
“Healthy Realism” in Taiwanese
cinema and the flourishing of Kungfu
genre in Hong Kong (1960s -1970s)
The “New Hollywood” or Post-classical
Cinema (1970s and afterwards)
The Hong Kong New Wave, Taiwan New
Cinema, and the Fifth-Generation
Movement (1979-1987)
1990s: Development in the Third World
Cinema—Latin American and Middle
Eastern cinemas
The New Documentary Movements:
moving from country to country
International mode of production in a
globalizing era
Questions
• No matter you can register in the course or not, please join me
for the first lecture if you are interested. This will give you a
chance to learn about the style of teaching and to meet Louisa.
As the first week of add and drop will be a little crazy, to listen
to the first class is always a good idea.
• In case you have great interest but fails to add the course, talk
to Louisa and she will consider to add a seat for you whenever
possible.
• If you have concerns, please write to her:
[email protected]