FULL PROGRAMME AND COMPULSORY FILMOGRAPHY
Modules
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE AND HISTORICAL PREMISES (2 lessons)
2. THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMATION (6 lessons)
3. TECHNIQUE, SEMIOTICS AND NARRATOLOGY (2 lessons)
4. THE LANGUAGE OF FICTION (9 lectures)
5. THE LANGUAGE OF THE DOCUMENTARY (3 lessons)

MODULE 1) INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE AND HISTORICAL PREMISES (2 lessons)
Tools and objectives. The three declinations of cinema: from life, documentary, animation. The 19th century Zeitgeist and the birth of the medium. Pre-cinema. The chronophotograph. The stroboscopic projector. Invention of the cinematographic film. The codes of representation: painting, photography, theatre.
IMAGES from the web: camera obscure, magic lanterns, optical toys. Chronophotographs by E.Muybridge and E. J.Marey. Emile Reynaud and the Optical Theatre.

MODULE 2) THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMATION (6 lessons)
Animated cartoons: a comic language between comics and cinema. The many techniques of animation. The Pioneers. The first series and the 'Rubber Hose' animation technique. The US-European Panorama: Birth of the avant-garde/entertainment myths (Mickey Mouse). Disney's 'Full Animation'. Animated propaganda. Disney classics, princesses and folklore. The advent of TV and serial animation. Italy. The crisis of the 1980s. The Anime Boom. New US series. Pixar and 3D and 2D digital animation. Motion Capture, AR, VR and AI.

TEXTS for this module
ALL CINEMA: p.224 to the end.
SUPERMAN&CO: pp 11-47; § 6.2-6.2; p. 167 to the end, except § 11.1

COMPULSORY FILMOGRAPHY
Non-attending students: they must independently find the films shown in class, possibly also in the form of partial extracts on platforms such as You Tube, Archive.org, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Internet Archive.

J. S.Blackton: The Enchanted Drawing 1900, Humorous Phases 1906.
Reynaud - Pantomimes Lumineuses 1892
Cohl - Fantasmagorie 1908
Mccay – Gertie the Dinosaur 1914
Fleischer – 2 corti da: Out of the Inkwell series – Betty Boop Cartoons
Pat Sullivan – 2 episodi da: Felix the Cat (evoluzione del character)
Hans Richter, Rhytmus 21, 23 1921-23
Viking Eggeling, Symphonie Diagonale 1924
Walther Ruttmann: Malerei mit Zeit – Lichtspiel Opus I 1921; II 1923
Oskar Fischinger – Wachsexperimente 1923-27; An Optical Poem 1938
Lotte Reiniger, Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, 1926 (estratti).
Alexandre Alexeieff: Le Nez 1963.
Disney–Steamboat Willie 1928,The BandConcert 1935,The Old Mill 1937
Warner Bros. Episodi da:Merry Melodies,Looney Toons
Liberio Pensuti, Il Dr. Churkill 1941
Disney: Der Fuehrer’s Face 1943
Hanna & Barbera – estratti da:Yogy Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons.
Disney - Biancaneve1937 o Fantasia o Pinocchio 1940 o Dumbo 1941
Norman McLaren Opening Speech, 1960; Lines: Horizontal 1962, Mosaic, 1965; Neighbours 1952, Canon 1964; Pas de Deux, 1968.
Bruno Bozzetto, West&Soda 1966 o Vip mio Fratello Superuomo 1968 o Allegro non Troppo, 1976.
George Dunning estratti da: The Yellow Submarine 1968
Ralph Bakshi Fritz the Cat, 1972 o altro titolo del regista, a scelta
Anime - 2 episodi da:Ufo Robot-Goldrake; Sailor Moon
Barry Purves, Screenplay 1984
Robert Zemeckis, estratti da: Roger Rabbit 1988
Pixar Luxo Jr; Toy Story 1995 o The Incredibles 2004 o titolo a scelta
Tim Burton, estratti da: Nightmare Before Christmas 1993
Enzo d’Alò, La Gabbianella e il Gatto1998 o altro titolo del regista,a scelta
Aardman - Wallace&Gromit 1989-2008: The Wrong Trousers
Hayao Miyazaki, La città Incantata 2001 o altro titolo del regista,a scelta
Claude Barras, estratti da : La mia vita da Zucchina 2016
Persichetti et alii. Estratti da: Spiderman:un nuovo universo 2018
Serie TV. 2 episodi da: Love, Death&Robots 2019; Arcane 2021

MODULE 3) TECHNIQUE, SEMIOTICS AND NARRATOLOGY (2 lessons)
- Film grammar: Lexicon, punctuation, syntax (framing, scale of fields and planes; camera movements and attributions, 180° rule, transitions and junctions, types of editing).
- Semiotics: Codes, enunciation, pragmatics, transposition