COD 2006 - S256

Different Film Genres in our Classrooms

Language and literature teachers; teachers interested in using film in class.

3 sessions, start: 26-Aug

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 60.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 26 August 2006 09:00 am 12:00 pm
2 09 September 2006 09:00 am 12:00 pm
3 30 September 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; teachers interested in using film in class.
Exploration and discussion of the concept of cinematic genre. Textual analysis of the following genres: horror, science fiction, romantic comedy, musical, adventure, hybrids.
Definition of genre. The semiotic approach. Textual (syntactic and semantic). Components of each genre. Mise en scene and editing techniques. Implications for the classroom. Methodology: The audience will watch and analyse different excerpts from all the genres mentioned above. This will be preceded by theoretical introductions where the textual components of each genre will be introduced.
Monaco, J. How to Read a Film. England: Cambridge University Press.
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