HISTORY OF JAPANESE CINEMA AND ANIMATION

The course is included in the historical-artist course of the Egart curriculum and it is conceived as an overview of the history of Japanese live and animated cinema, focusing on the main film genres. With the support of excerpts from different movies, some of the main filmmakers’ profiles will be considered in details, so as to cross the stilistic, narrative and technological progress in the history of live and animated cinema in Japan.

Students will be able to deepen the dynamics of film production, starting with the knowledge of the technical terminologies related to Japanese live and animated cinema. Moreover, the international approach to the history of cinema allows to deepen the sociological, historical and economic dynamics that have marked the evolution of the seventh art in Japan. A part of the course will also be dedicated to the critical approach to cinema, with particular reference to the multiple valences of peculiar interpretation tools, such as the concepts of editing, author, spectatorship.

No specific prerequisite is requested.

Through an overview of the history of Japanese animation and live cinema, the course will focus on the main film genres and the work of the most famous Japanese filmakers.

Maria Roberta Novielli, Storia del cinema giapponese, Venezia, Marsilio, 2001
Maria Roberta Novielli, Animerama - Storia del cinema d'animazione giapponese, Venezia, Marsilio, 2015
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During the course the students will be asked to interact with the contents of the lessons with open discussions. The final exam will then consist of a one-hour written test in which four open-ended questions will be asked.

The lessons will take place with a frontal methodology, but a seminar type interaction is strongly encouraged.

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