CDM

Final exams (the framework issues)

Film history
1. Early cinema
2. Hollywood within silent era
3. Soviet montage school - historical aspects
4. European (mainly French) avantgarde movements
5. German expresionist cinema
6. Hollywood studio system of the 30ies and 40ies and stabilization of key genres
7. Impact of 2nd world war on world cinema
8. Italian neorealism and its impact
9. New Waves of the 60ies
10. New Hollywood and rise of independents in the US
11. Art cinema and culture of film festivals from 60ies on
12. Major historical trends and key names in non-fiction cinema
Film Theory
1. Concept of Classical cinema
2. Concept of Modern cinema
3. Genres in cinema
4. Photogenie, lyrosophie and avantgarde conceptions of cinema
5. Modes of production - differencies and consequences
6. Principles of Narrative Construction
7. Cinematography: Aspects of the Cinematic Image xxx
8. Types of Montage
9. Sound - types and functions
10. Theory of Authorship
11. Non-fiction cinema and its modes
12. Postmodern cinema