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Film Studies (Elective)

SEMESTER VI  
FILM STUDIES  
COURSE CODE 6 B 12 ENG 

Useful Slides are avalilable here

MODULE I 
[Short questions and Bunch questions]   
Sound: Synchronous, asynchronous, Dubbing, Score. Colour: Eastman, black and 
white – the production, distribution and reception of films; Censorship.   

MODULE II
[Paragraph, Short and bunch questions]   
Introduction to film genres –  
The Major genres: Narrative, avant-garde, documentary, feature films. Other genres: 
Thriller, melodrama, musical, horror, western, fantasy, animation – film noir, 
expressionist, historical, mythological, road movies.  

MODULE III
[Paragraph and Short questions]   
Introduction to major movements and theories - The silent era; classic Hollywood 
cinema, Neo-Realism, French New wave, Indian cinema - Introduction to the film 
theories of Sergei Eisenstein, Andre Bazin, Auteur theory, Christian Metz and Laura 
Mulvey. 

MODULE IV 
(Essays on I, 2 and 5)  
Case Studies of Classic Cinema (Films to be screened)  
1. Battleship Potemkin – Silent Cinema, Montage. (Essay) 
2.  Bicycle Thieves: Italian Neo Realism (Essay)  
3. Breathless: French New Wave 
4. The Godfather: Hollywood Classic (Essay)  
5. Pather Panchali: Indian Classic (Essay)  
6. Elippathayam: Malayalam Classic (Essay) 

Films  for Assignment:  
1. Great Dictator Dir. Charlie Chaplin 
2. My Fair Lady Dir. George Cukor 
3. Surrogate Mother Dir. Kwon-Tae 
4. Bandit Queen Dir. Sekhar Kapur 
5. Monsoon Wedding Dir. Mira Nair 
6. Fire Deepa Mehta 
7. Mitr, My Friend Dir. Revathy 
8. Firaaq Dir. Nandita Das 
9. Navarasa Dir. Santhosh Sivan 
10.  Bow Dir. Kim Ki Duk 
11.  The Cup Dir. Khyentse Norbu 
12.  Buddha Collapsed out of Shame Dir. Hana Makhmalbaf 
13. Getting Home Dir. Zhang Yang 
14.  Laila’s Birthday Dir. Rashid Masharawi 
15. Social Genocide: Francisco Solanas 
16.  Chemmeen Dir. Ramu Kariat 
17.  Nirmalyam Dir. M.T. Vasudevan Nair 
18.  Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala Dir. Sreenivasan 
19.  Salt and Pepper Dir. Aashiq Abu 
20. Harishchandrachi Factory Dir. Paresh Mokashi  

MODULE V 
[Essays]  
Selected Film Texts  
1. Andre Bazin : ‘The Evolution of the Language of Cinema’ ( from What is     
 Cinema) 
2. Satyajit Ray: ‘What is Wrong with Indian Films’ (from Our Films Their Films) 
3. Shakespearing the Orient. (T. Muralidharan Deep Focus 2002) 
4. The Star System: A Note towards its Sociology (R. Nandakumar Deep Focus      
 1992)  

READING LIST:-   
a) RECOMMENDED READING  
1. Chaudhuri, Shohini. Feminist Film Theorists: Laura Mulvey et. al. Routledge, 2006 
2. Pillai, Meena T. Women in Malayalam Cinema: Naturalising Gender Hierarchies. Orient Black wan,2010 
3. Gopinathan, K. ed. Film and Philosophy. Kozhikode: Calicut University, 2003. 
4. Kumar, Vipin.  ‘Politics of Laughter: An Introduction to the 1990s’ Malayalam Popular Comic Film.’ South Asian Popular Culture, 2008. 
5. Heyward, Susan. Key concepts in Cinema Studies London: Routledge, 2000. 
6. Villarejo, Amy. Film Studies: The Basics London & New York: Routledge. 2007   
7. Ravi S Vasudevan., ed.  Making Meaning in Indian Cinema.  Oxford: Oxford UP, 2002. 
8.  Rajadhyaksha, Ashish and Paul Willemen. ed. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. London: British Film Institute, 2008. 


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