Film Editing Techniques, Plots and Narratives
Study the Soviet masters of montage editing, the great colour theorists of cinema and the notion of an unreliable narrator in this free online course on film.
Do you know the difference between the plot of a film and its narrative? Do you know how enigma codes and cultural codes can be used in the editing process? This free online course in cinema studies covers film-editing techniques, plots, narrative and colour theory. You will also analyze the incorporation of myths into film plots and uncover some key notions of creating different characters.
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
Introduction of Film Techniques, Colors and Semiotics
In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of film techniques, theories and movements in cinema. You will learn about the roles of colors, semiotics, enigmatic codes, cultural codes and key connotations in filmmaking. You will be introduced to David Fincher?s Seven, a movie from 1995. You will watch Seven in particular regarding the enigmatic code and cultural code used in this movie.
Plots, Narratives and Characters in Cinema
This module will introduce you to the concept of plots, narratives, unreliable narrator and defamiliarization. You will study the different types and myths in plots. You will learn about the characters in cinema which is another critical element of plots. You will look at accents, dialects, and the vocabulary of different characters. Famous movies that you will look at during this module will be Raging Bull, Rebel without a Cause, Disco Dancer & Ocean’s Eleven.
Editing Techniques in Cinema
In this module, learn about the key features of editing in cinema. You will be introduced to the concepts of jump cut and montage editing techniques. You will then study how montage can lend a particular ideological meaning to the proceedings. This module will give you the key ideas of realism, color theory and practice, and Dogme principle in cinema. You will also study the work done by important theoreticians of colors such as Rudolf Arnheim, David Bodwell, and Christen Thompson.
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