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Paris, France - Course Descriptions - French Documentary Cinema

Course Information

Subject: Film Studies (FMS), French (FRE)
Number: 200 Level
Language of Instruction: French

Contact Hours and Credits

Semester Session: 45 contact hours, 3 semester credits, 4 quarter credits

Availability

The specific availability for this course is not currently known. If you would like to know if this course will be offered during your session, please contact us.

Full Description

Objectives

  • Discover the richness of the French documentary
  • Penetrate the heart of French society, its aspirations and its concerns, through the view of the filmmaker

Program

After a short history - technical and thematic - of the documentary, we will tackle the themes developed in one or several documentaries. This base will allow us to evaluate a theme of society using the language of a filmmaker. Themes may include, but are not limited to:

  •  School
  • Health
  • Psychiatric hospital
  • Prison
  • The countryside
  • The city
  • Business
  • The ocean

Documentary filmmakers: Raymond Depardon, Nicolas Philibert, Pierre Carles, Yamina Benguigui, Bertrand Tavernier, Agnès Varda

Grading

Viewing a documentary with the help of "train of thought" discussions and reports

Educational Materials

Documentaries and handouts

Spring semester only.

Original Language Description

Objectifs

Découvrir la richesse du cinéma documentaire français
Pénétrer au cœur de la société française, de ses aspirations et de ses préoccupations, à travers le regard d'un cinéaste

Programme

Après une petite histoire- technique et thématique- du documentaire, nous aborderons des thèmes développés par un ou plusieurs documentaristes. Ces supports nous permettront de faire le point sur un thème de société tout en considérant le langage propre au cinéaste.

Documentaristes : Raymond Depardon, Nicolas Philibert, Pierre Carles, Yamina Benguigui, Bertrand Tavernier, Agnès Varda...

Évaluation Pédagogique

Visionnage d'un film documentaire à l'aide de « pistes de réflexion » discussion et bilan.

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French Documentary Cinema

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