Programme

The course aims to provide students with skills related to film grammar and to define the concept of "film direction" from both a technical and historical perspective, to analyze its evolution starting from the analysis of case studies ranging from classical cinema to contemporary cinema.
In the first part of the course the techniques, the direction styles and the staging strategies that contribute to the configuration of dominant representation models in film history will be deepened. In the second part, the focus will be on the work of Francis Ford Coppola. The director's films will be considered as a fertile field of application for testing the stylistic analysis skills acquired in the first part of the course.

Core Documentation

- Vito Zagarrio, "Francis Ford Coppola. Un sogno lungo il cinema", Rubbettino Editore, Soveria Mannelli 2020
- Dario Tomasi, "Lezioni di regia. Modelli e forme della messinscena cinematografica", UTET, Torino 2004
- Arcangelo Mazzoleni, "L'ABC del linguaggio cinematografico. Strutture, analisi, figure nella narrazione per immagini", Dino Audino Editore, Roma 2010

Type of delivery of the course

The course is delivered through classroom-taught lessons that provide - for the purpose of a better understanding of the topics addressed by the students - the use of slides and/or the screening of movies and videos.

Attendance

Course attendance is not mandatory.

Type of evaluation

The learning assessment takes place through a written exam. There are no intermediate tests.