20710384 - AESTHETICS OF CINEMA AND MEDIA

The aim of the class is to give an overview of the more relevant issues of film and media aesthetics. In particular, the class will be focused on both historically relevant perspective and more recent topics and methodologies. Moreover, a major frame will be offered by visual culture studies, in order to understand old and new phenomena in the light of a wider history of images. A particular attention will be devoted to theories of sensory and affective cinematic and medial experience.

Curriculum

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Mutuazione: 20710384 ESTETICA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEDIA in DAMS (Discipline delle Arti, della Musica e dello Spettacolo) L-3 CAROCCI ENRICO

Programme

The aim of the class is to give an overview of the more relevant issues of film and media aesthetics. In particular, the class will be focused on both historically relevant perspective and more recent topics and methodologies.
The program will be articulated around two main stages. In the first one, the main approaches to film and media aesthetics will be considered, including the debate on postmodernism and cinema; in the second one, 20th-century film and media aesthetics will be compared to the current "postmedia" condition. A specific attention will be paid to the notions of “screen” and “dispositif”.


Core Documentation

1) Andrea Pinotti, Antonio Somaini, *Cultura visuale. Immagini sguardi media dispositivi*, Einaudi, Torino 2016
2) Luca Malavasi, *Postmoderno e cinema. Nuove prospettive di analisi*, Carocci, Roma 2017
3) Ruggero Eugeni, *Capitale algoritmico. Cinque dispositivi postmediali (più uno)*, Morcelliana, Brescia 2021



Type of delivery of the course

The course is delivered through classroom-taught lessons with the use of slides and/or the screening of movies and videos.

Attendance

The attendance is optional. However, also considering that the lessons are focused on close analysis, it is highly recommended.

Type of evaluation

The written exam consists of open-ended questions. No intermediate tests.

teacher profile | teaching materials

Programme

The aim of the class is to give an overview of the more relevant issues of film and media aesthetics. In particular, the class will be focused on both historically relevant perspective and more recent topics and methodologies.
The program will be articulated around two main stages. In the first one, the main approaches to film and media aesthetics will be considered, including the debate on postmodernism and cinema; in the second one, 20th-century film and media aesthetics will be compared to the current "postmedia" condition. A specific attention will be paid to the notions of “screen” and “dispositif”.


Core Documentation

1) Andrea Pinotti, Antonio Somaini, *Cultura visuale. Immagini sguardi media dispositivi*, Einaudi, Torino 2016
2) Luca Malavasi, *Postmoderno e cinema. Nuove prospettive di analisi*, Carocci, Roma 2017
3) Ruggero Eugeni, *Capitale algoritmico. Cinque dispositivi postmediali (più uno)*, Morcelliana, Brescia 2021



Type of delivery of the course

The course is delivered through classroom-taught lessons with the use of slides and/or the screening of movies and videos.

Attendance

The attendance is optional. However, also considering that the lessons are focused on close analysis, it is highly recommended.

Type of evaluation

The written exam consists of open-ended questions. No intermediate tests.