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Title: Cinema: East and West


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Cinema East and West
  • A New GE Course

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Instructor Dr. Louisa Wei
  • Louisa received her PhD in film studies from the
    University of Alberta, Canada.
  • In the past few years, she has taught popular OOD
    courses including Chinese Language Cinema and
    Gender in Popular Media to City University
    students.
  • Louisa is a filmmaker herself, writing feature
    film scripts and directing independent
    documentary films.
  • At this moment, she is screening her documentary
    titled Storm under the Sun in International
    Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam.

3
Course Goal
  • This course aims to present students with a
    larger picture of how film has developed from
    1895 to today as both a popular medium and an art
    form, and how cinemas of the West and the East
    have influenced each others traditions through
    different eras. Students are expected to define
    basic terminologies in cinema history, to name
    representative directors and works from each
    country and/or period, and to describe major
    events and trends in the world of film. By
    covering significant ideas, movements and trends
    in cinema history, the course will also enhance
    students general knowledge on culture and
    history and provide them a vocabulary with which
    they can further explore in the field of
    film/media studies and topics related to media
    and cultural issues.
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Course Design
  • This course is designed for students with no
    experience in film/media studies, but will also
    be greatly appreciated by students who love film
    and study film on their own. In short, all you
    need to bring to the class is your interest in
    cinema.
  • In class, stories about how film has developed
    from the earlier years to recent years will be
    shared while through the readings and exercises,
    students will be able to
  • Read films as both narrative and cultural text
  • Write and discuss about films in various
    contexts
  • Acquire a broader knowledge of cinema culture
    and
  • Understand the basics terms of cinema.

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Course Expectation
  • The assignments for this class will include three
    kinds on-line discussion, film journals and
    take-home exams. For each assignment, detailed
    instruction will be given to students and
    discussions between students are encouraged. The
    exams are always open book and take-home exams
    designed to encourage learning.
  • Through the exercises, students are expected to
    be familiar with basic concepts and vocabulary of
    film art and history, and to be able to write or
    talk about films from cultural, narrative and
    other perspectives. Tutorials in smaller groups
    will allow students to get to know each other
    through in-class discussions on screenings of
    film clips.

6
Weekly Topics (Part I)
  • Early experiments in cinema the Lumière
    brothers, Edison cameras and early documentaries
    (1895-1910s)
  • Classical Hollywood cinema, German Expressionism,
    and French Impressionist and Surrealism
    (1908-1927)
  • Soviet Montage (1924-1930) and the Left-wing
    Films the Realistic Tradition in China and
    Japan (1930-1940s)
  • Italian Neorealism (1942-1951) and the rising of
    Post-war Japanese Cinema
  • The Socialist Cinema of Mainland China, the Early
    Development of Taiwanese Cinema and the Golden
    Years of the Shaw Brothers (1950s1960s)

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Weekly Topics (Part II)
  • Art House films The French New Wave (1959-1964)
    and the Japanese New Wave (1950s-1960s)
  • Healthy Realism in Taiwanese cinema and the
    flourishing of Kungfu genre in Hong Kong (1960s
    -1970s)
  • The New Hollywood or Post-classical Cinema
    (1970s and afterwards)
  • The Hong Kong New Wave, Taiwan New Cinema, and
    the Fifth-Generation Movement (1979-1987)
  • 1990s Development in the Third World
    CinemaLatin American and Middle Eastern cinemas
  • The New Documentary Movements moving from
    country to country
  • International mode of production in a globalizing
    era

8
Questions
  • No matter you can register in the course or not,
    please join me for the first lecture if you are
    interested. This will give you a chance to learn
    about the style of teaching and to meet Louisa.
    As the first week of add and drop will be a
    little crazy, to listen to the first class is
    always a good idea.
  • In case you have great interest but fails to add
    the course, talk to Louisa and she will consider
    to add a seat for you whenever possible.
  • If you have concerns, please write to her
    smlouisa_at_cityu.edu.hk
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