Ulster University, School of Arts & Humanities, BSC in Cinematic Arts

Ulster University, School of Arts & Humanities, BSc in Cinematic Arts
CIN301 – World Cinemas - Fall 2020
Lecturer: Murat Akser

e-mail: m.akser@ulster.ac.uk
Mondays 14:00-16:00 online (lecture)
Session Topic Notes

1 – 21/09/2020 Transnational Cinema Rawle Ch2
Run Lola Run (d. Tom Tykwer, 1998)
2 – 28/09/2020 Third Cinema Rawle Ch3
Battle of Algiers (d. Gillo Pontecorvo,
1966)
3 - 5/10/2020 Globalization/Migration Rawle Ch4
Babel (d. Alejandro González
Iñárritu, 2006)
4 – 12/10/2020 Exilic and Diasporic Cinema Rawle Ch. 5
Edge of Heaven (d. Fatih Akin 2007)
5 – 19/10/2020 East European Art Cinema Rawle Ch. 6
Irma Vep (d. Oliver Assayas, 1996)
6 – 26/10/2020 Remakes Rawle Ch7
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (d.
David Fincher, 2011)
7 –2/11/2020 Global Genres Rawle Ch8
The Raid (d. Gareth Evans, 2011)
8 –9/11/2020 Dogme Dogme Uncut. pp. 15-50, 159-222
The Celebration (d. Thomas
Vinterberg, 1998)
9 – 16/11/2020 International Art Cinema Rawle Ch1
Cold War (d. Paweł Pawlikowski,
2018)
10 – 23/11/2020 New Cinemas Akser 2015
Here Comes the Holiday (d. Ozan
Aciktan, 2010)
11 – 30/11/2020 Queer Film Ruby Rich "New Queer Cinema"
Carol (d. Todd Haynes, 2015)
12 - 6/12/2020 New Iranian Cinema TWC ch12. New Iranian Cinema
(Negar Mottahedeh)
A Seperation (d. Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
Module Aim:
This module will provide an introduction to history of form and style in moving image storytelling and the
changes in the use of technology in moving image related contexts. This module covers the entire period
from the silent era to contemporary filmmaking, taking into account the technological, formal, stylistic,
socio-political, economic and cultural backgrounds of different movements and styles. Classes will be
supported by film screenings.
Assessment:
Presentations 50%
Manifesto Piece 50%
Reading:
Rawle, Steven. Transnational Cinema: an introduction. Palgrave, 2017. (Rawle)
Linda Badley, R. Barton Palmer, Steven Jay Schneider eds. Traditions in World Cinema. Edinburgh
University Press, 2005. (TBC)
Stevenson, Jack. Dogme Uncut: Lars Von Trier, Thomas Vinterburg, and the Gang that Took on Hollywood.
Santa Monica Press, 2003.
Baltruschat, Doris, and Mary P. Erickson, eds. Independent Filmmaking Around the Globe. University of
Toronto Press, 2015. (Akser 2015)
Recommended:
Mark Cousins. The Story of Film. Pavilion Books, 2020.
Deshpande, Shekhar, and Meta Mazaj. World Cinema: A Critical Introduction. Routledge, 2018.
Stafford, Roy. The Global Film Book. Routledge, 2014.
Online Resources:
http://www.britannica.com/art/history-of-the-motion-picture
ASSESSMENT
In Class Presentations (50%)
In groups of two you will present the film of the week in connection with that week’s film movement from
history of cinema. This will be a 10-minute presentation with 5-minute Q&A. As a product of the
presentation each presenter will submit a vimeo recording of the powerpoint that includes the discussion
of the film movement and how the film fits into the movement. These presentations are to be submitted
through BBL Deadline: complete on a weekly rolling basis (each presentation entry must be uploaded to
vimeo and its link posted here under comments before the succeeding week’s class); each upload is
assessed the week after it is posted. You can refer to Presentation Basics before you prepare your
presentation.
A typical presentation should include:

Key dates
Key People
Key Films
Formal and Stylistic Properties of the Film Movement
A Discussion of the week's film in relation to the chapter of the book assigned to the week
10-15 slides are good. Please use photos, clips from films to enhance the audio-visual quality of the
presentation.
You can post your presentations as a vimeo file link to the relevant BBL page.
Manifesto Piece (%50)

Each student will be asked to create a new film movement according to his/her idea of a “new” cinema.
The manifesto is to in the form of ten statements related to how this new form of filmmaking should be.
Key ideas can include form, style, content, organization, economics, idea of art and society. Each
statement is to be supported by two sentences explaining why the student made this choice. A sample
manifesto can be found in Dogme 95’s Vow of Chastity. This is to be as a single PDF file posted on BBL and
to be read aloud by each student in class on 21/11/20.
Additional Viewings:
Each presentation group will choose a scene from a list of sample films listed below. Each group will watch
and choose film scene together. That scene will be used to open up discussion and debate about that
week's presentation topic. During presentation, you will explain why you picked the film out the other
films by the same director.
Films
Zvyagintsev Loveless, The Return, The Banishment
Lanthimos Dogtooth, The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Östlund The Square, Force Majeure, Play
Haneke Funny Games, Code Unknown, Cache
Yasurijo Ozu Tokyo Story, Late Spring, Early Summer
Jacques Audiard The Beat That My Heart Skipped, A Prophet, Rust & Bone
Dardennes Two days, one night, The Son, The Kid with a Bike
Kim Ki-Duk 3-Iron, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… and Spring, Pieta
Kieslowski Blind Chance, A Short Film About Love, Three Colours White
Cristian Mungui 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Day, Beyond the Hills, Graduation
Farhadi About Elly, The Past, The Salesman
Cassavetes – Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence
Kitchen Sink - Saturday Night & Sunday Morning, This Sporting Life,
Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Dogme - Breaking the Waves, The Idiots, Dancer in the Dark
Bergman – Persona, Cries and Whispers, Wild Strawberries
NBC - Small Town, Distant, Climates

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CIN301 – World Cinemas - Fall 2020

Lecturer: Murat Akser

Session Topic Notes

A typical presentation should include:

Manifesto Piece (%50)

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