COD 2006 - S236

Film and Literature in Dialogue

Language and Literature teachers.

3 sessions, start: 01-Apr

Course detail

Year: 2006
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Cristina Llorente
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ARS 45.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 01 April 2006 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 22 April 2006 09:00 am 12:00 pm
3 29 April 2006 09:00 am 12:00 pm

Facilitator/s

María Cristina Llorente

Maria Cristina has been a tenured lecturer of Language and Culture II , III and IV at Instituto Superior del Profesorado "Presbitero A.M. Sáenz "Lomas de Zamora. Director of Language Centre Graham Greene, Longchamps. She has attended courses on Cinema Studies with theorists Eduardo A. Russo, Carlos Gamerro and Javier Porta Fuz. English Literature and Film Studies tenured lecturer at Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2005-2006, and Tenured Lecturer of Literary Theory at Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2009. Licenciada en Inglés UNL (2009). Final thesis on the film The Silence of the Lambs. Has attended courses with film director Adrian Caetano and film critic Gustavo Noriega. She has studied Film Criticism at Escuela de Cine de la revista El Amante in Capital Federal.
Language and Literature teachers.
- To introduce the basic components of audiovisual texts. - To explore similarities and differences between film and literature. - To enable teachers to design tasks in which students can make a critical interpretation of film.
Section 1. Introduction. The visual code, the audio code and the Film Composition Device. Section 2. Film Genres. Seaction 3. Film and literature: a conflictive relationship? - Film as cinematic narrative. - The visual and audio codes. - Making a film: the screenplay and the storyboard. - The film composition device. - The concept of genre. - Textual elements of a specific genre. Case study: "Far from Heaven" (2002). The woman's film. Methodology: There will be an expository introductory session accompanied by scenes from several films to illustrate the types of shot and sound used. Attention will also be paid to cinematic dialogue. "Far from Heaven" will be watched (with a guide) and discussed after watching.
- Dick, B. (1998). Anatomy of film. St Martins Press. - Neale, S: (2000). Genre and Hollywood. London: Routledge.
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