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Lecturer(s)
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Klapcsik Sándor, Ph.D.
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Palatinus Dávid Levente, Ph.D.
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Course content
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The course provides an introduction to the history of film technology and some of the basic aspects of film studies through a selection of readings and music videos. Schedule: Block 1: Film Before Film Block 2: Mise-en-scene and Editing Block 3: Film Genres
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Practicum, E-learning, Students' self-study
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Learning outcomes
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This course aims to familiarize students with the development of communication and mass media, from the book industry, through electronic, digital and social media. The course also shows how these types of media are used in the classroom, in presentations, in journalism, in visual and digital culture, as well as in everyday life. Special attention is paid to the narrative analysis of films. The course will contain presentations by the teacher as well as the students, heuristic dialog, short lectures, practical exercises, individual and group analyses of forms of communication, texts and media.
Students gain an insight into how the world of the media works and learn the basics of the critical interpretation of products of the media.
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Prerequisites
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B2 level of English, successful completion of Culture I: Introduction to Culture and Literature.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written assignment, Test
Reading the assigned readings and carefully watching (and rewatching) the assigned music videos before each session. Familiarity with both is going to be tested at the beginning of each section in the form of a mini-quiz. Besides achieving a passing mark on these quizzes, students need to submit a short, 3-5 page video analysis of a music video of their own choice. Only one unexcused absence is allowed.
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Recommended literature
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Biag, Shirley. Media/Impact: An Introduction to Mass Media. Belmont: Wadsworth, 2017.
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Bolter, J.D., Grusin, R. Remediation: Understanding New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003.
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Braudy, Leo and Marshall Cohen eds. Film Theory and Criticism. Introductory Readings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
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Cristian, Réka M., and Zoltán Dragon. Encounters of the Filmic Kind: Guidebook to Film Theories. Szeged: Jatepress, 2008.
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Giannetti, Louis D. Understanding Movies. Boston: Pearson, 2018.
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Giles, David. Media Psychology. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Grossberg, Lawrence et al. Media Making. Mass Media in a Popular Culture. London: Sage, 2006.
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Manovich, L. The Language of New Media. MIT Press, 2002.
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Paxson, Peyton. Communications and Media Studies: An Introduction. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
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Sikov, Ed. Film Studies: An Introduction. New York: Columbia UP, 2020.
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Turow, Joseph. Media Today: An Introduction to Mass Communication. London: Routledge, 2009.
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Wilson, James R., and Stan Le Roy Wilson. Mass Media/Mass Culture: An Introduction. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2001.
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