Subject 21844 - Studying English Film
Credits 2.4 de presencials (60 hours) 3.6 de no presencials (90 hours) 6 de totals (150 hours).
Group Group 1, 1S (Campus Extens) Teaching period First semester
Teaching language English
Professors
Horari d'atenció als alumnes Lecturers
Starting time Finishing time Day Start date Finish date Office 12:00 13:00 Wednesday 12/09/2016 22/12/2016 Despatx nº
5 segon pis Matilde Roca Telleria
[email protected] 11:00 12:00 Thursday 13/02/2017 31/05/2017 Despatx nº
5 segon pis
Contextualisation
Studying Film is an optional subject within the area of Literature Studies. It is an instrumental subject that will provide the students with an introduction to understanding film through a broad overview of the theory of film. The subject will deal with the process of how novels and plays are adapted into screenplays. Films are the imaginative voice of our time. Most of us have been watching films since childhood and have consequently developed an informal literacy in the language, grammar and syntax of film. This subject can help to formalise and deepen this informal cineliteracy.
Requirements
Essential requirements
Since this is an optional subject for the students in the 3º or 4º year of the English Studies Degree, they are supposed to be quite proficient both in oral as well as written English.
Recommendable
We recommend students to be as familiar as possible with the audio-visual language by means of the viewing of films or series in the English language.
Skills
Specific
* Capacidad de comunicarse oralmente y por escrito en lengua inglesa con la fluidez, corrección y complejidad adecuadas a cada contexto y situación. (C13).
* Conocimiento y comprensión de los principales rasgos culturales y literarios que definen el mundo anglófono. (C 15).
* Capacidad de interpretar y producir documentos académicos de la disciplina. (C20).
Generic
* Habilidades de obtención y gestión de la información que permitan el aprendizaje a lo largo de la vida. (C2).
* Capacidad de interpretar, analizar, sintetizar y evaluar información de forma crítica. (C3).
* Capacidad de relacionar e integrar ideas y conocimientos procedentes de diversas fuentes y disciplinas y para alplicarlos en la práctica. (C4).
Basic
* You may consult the basic competencies students will have to achieve by the end of the degree at the following address: http://www.uib.eu/study/grau/Basic-Competences-In-Bachelors-Degree-Studies/
Content
Thematic content
Theme content
Unit 1. Film genres Unit 2. How a film is made
Unit 3. Film fiction: narrative structures and strategies.
Unit 4. The language of film
Unit 5. Signs and meanings in the cinema Unit 6. The principles of story design Unit 7. The problem of adaptation
Teaching methodology
Classroom rules
Mobile phones and other electronic devices are NOT allowed in the classroom. Laptop computers are acceptable ONLY if used for purposes related to classroom activity. No electronic device whatsoever (including computers) is allowed in the classroom during exams/practical sessions, unless otherwise specified by the lecturer (e.g., if the practical session entails use of the internet for pedagogical purposes).
In-class work activities
Modality Name Typ. Grp. Description Hours
Theory classes Theory Large group (G) The course methodological approach integrates theory and practice of the language of film. Theory contents will cover the teaching/learning of the theoretical background needed to understand how meaning is constructed in films.Specific vocabulary will be elicited from texts and materials used in class or through brainstorming activities. Familiarity with the genre and domain of film specific text types will be achieved both inductively (in the practical sessions) and deductively (in the theory sessions). On the other hand, writing techniques will be mainly taught in a deductive way i.e. students will be provided with the theory input needed to carry out the corresponding practical writing activities concerning the specific text types learnt in the course. Sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence as well as cross-cultural awareness will be partially approached from a theoretical standpoint though these competences will be more extensively developed in the practical classes. Exposure to the language will be reinforced by using the English language as the medium of instruction.
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Practical classes Practical classes Large group (G) The course proceeds by means of the analysis and contextualization of selected films adapted from novels and plays from different periods of literature. Using case studies of filmic transformation the course will address the state of the arts in the 21st century. Specific filmic adaptations of novels and plays from different periods of literature (or excerpts of them) will be studied. The course will include regular viewings of DVDs with English subtitles. Attention will also be given to critical responses to the films. Teaching combines lectures and seminars. Exercises, case studies and the viewing of films will enable students to consolidate and extend their knowledge of each topic and to apply it in their coursework.
Students will work, alone, in pairs or in groups.
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ECTS tutorials Group tutorials Small group (P) Group tutorials are advisory sessions where students will be encouraged to report on their progress related both to the learning of theory and the acquisition of practical skills.
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Assessment Exercises and
activities Large group (G) Exercises and activities based on the topics discussed in the
lectures and practical sessions. 1
Assessment Oral presentation Large group (G) The students will present the project work on the film assigned to them before the class.The project consists of a written paper in which they will apply all the theoretical content of the course to the film, paying particular attention to individual research and the expression of their own opinion from an academic standpoint.For the oral presentation the students will be using visual aids (computer, power point, DVD).
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Assessment Test 1 Large group (G) Theory and Vocabulary Test 1. 2
At the beginning of the semester a schedule of the subject will be made available to students through the
UIBdigital platform. The schedule shall at least include the dates when the continuing assessment tests will
be conducted and the hand-in dates for the assignments. In addition, the lecturer shall inform students as to
whether the subject work plan will be carried out through the schedule or through another way included in
the Campus Extens platform.
Distance education work activities
Modality Name Description Hours
Individual self-
study Practical reinforcement
learning tasks Working with supplementary materials to reinforce the acquisition of the techniques and language skills needed to perform successfully in practical activities.
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Individual self-
study Project work Students must submit a written project on a film assigned to them. The project consists of a written paper in which they will apply all the theoretical content of the course to the film, paying particular attention to individual research and the expression of their own opinion from an academic standpoint.
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Individual self-
study Task-based homework Essays and exercises will be assigned as homework to be corrected in class. 17 Group self-study Preparatory work for
practice sessions Preparing the activities to be carried out before the class. 21
Specific risks and protective measures
The learning activities of this course do not entail specific health or safety risks for the students and therefore no special protective measures are needed.
Student learning assessment
Plagiarism
Article 33. 1. Amb independència del procediment disciplinari que es pugui seguir contra l´estudiant infractor, la realització demostradorament fraudulenta d´algun dels elements d´avaluació inclosos en guies docents de les assignatures comportarà, a criteri del professor, una menysvaloració en la seva qualificació que pot suposar la qualificació de "suspens 0" a l´avaluació anual de l´assignatura. 2. en particular, es considera un frau:
a) En els exàmens o proves escrites, l´us de qualsevol mitjà encaminat a facilitar les respostes.
b) En els treballs i pràctiques individuals o de grup, la inclusió de fragments d´obres alienes presentats de tal manera que es facin passar com a propis (plagi).
3. Si l´alumne considera la decisió incorrecta, pot recórrer contra la qualificació tot seguint el procediment descrit als articles 37 i 38 d´aquest reglament.
Important
The dates and times of the official exams will not be altered under any circumstances, except those contemplated by the Reglament Acadèmic (when two UIB exams coincide on the same day with a time difference of under three hours between them). Students will not be allowed into the classroom when the exam/practical session has already started.
Final mark (of which 50% minimum to get a "pass")
Modality Assessment
Technique Papers and projects (non-retrievable)
Description Exercises and activities based on the topics discussed in the lectures and practical sessions.
Assessment criteria The students will hand in diverse activities and exercises based on the topics discussed in the lectures and practical sessions.
Final grade percentage: 10%
Oral presentation
Modality Assessment
Technique Oral tests (retrievable)
Description The students will present the project work on the film assigned to them before the class.The project consists of a written paper in which they will apply all the theoretical content of the course to the film, paying particular attention to individual research and the expression of their own opinion from an academic standpoint.For the oral presentation the students will be using visual aids (computer, power point, DVD).
Assessment criteria The students will present the project work on a film ( assigned to them from a list of some notable adaptations) before the class. In this test the students´oral competence will be assessed as well as the content matter of the subject.Oral presentation: Students must get a minimun of 50% of the oral task. Final grade percentage: 60 Final grade percentage: 60%
Test 1
Modality Assessment
Technique Objective tests (retrievable) Description Theory and Vocabulary Test 1.
Assessment criteria Theory and Vocabulary Test 1 Final grade percentage: 30%
Resources, bibliography and additional documentation
Bibliography Basic bibliography
Abrams, Bell & Udris: Studying Film. Arnold. London: 2001.
Cook, D.A: A history of narrative film.W.W.Norton Co.Nova. New York, 1981. (3rd edition 1996).
Crowl, Samuel: Shakespeare and Film. W.W.Norton & Company, Inc . New York London 2008.
Deborah & Cartmell: Literature on Screen. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge: 2007.
Seger, Linda: The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film. Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
New York. 1992.
Hutcheon, Linda: A Theory of Adaptation. Routledge. New York, 2006.
Wollen, P: Signs and meanings in the cinema.Secker & Warburg. Londres, 1970. (4th edition 1998).
Reilly, Tom : The Big Picture. Thomas Dunne Books, 2012
Alexander Steele, editor : Writing Movies. Gotham Writers´Workshop.2006
Complementary bibliography
Adams Sitney, P.: The obscurity of vision in Cinema and Literature. Publisher: Columbia UP, 15 October 1992. ISBN: 0231071833.
Jackson, Kevin: The Language of Cinema. Carcanet Press Limited. Manchester, 1998.
Krevolin, Richard: How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
2003.
Mamet, David: Bambi vs Godzilla, on the nature, purpose, and practise of the movie business. Pantheon Books, New York, 2007.
Mead, G.: Lellis, G.: Film form and function.
Naremore, James: Film Adaptation. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2000.
Walker, John: Halliwell´s Film & Video Guide 2004. Harper Collins Entertainment. London, 2011 (26th edition).
Walker, John: Halliwell´s who´s who in the movies. Harper Collins Entertainment. London, 2011 (9 th edition).
