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Film Studies: Screenplay, Filmmaking, and Research (SKI)- Thematic Units

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SKI10: History of Cinema I: Overview of the history and development of the art of cinema up to the mid-20th century

C.M. Code: SKI10

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification: Theoretical (T)

Semester available: First (1st)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

This is the first of two chronologically organized units (together with SKI20) that discuss the aesthetic, cultural, economic, and artistic aspects of Cinema over the course of its evolution. This unit covers the first half of the 20th century. No particular geographical region is emphasized. Rather, the unit examines currents that developed in various countries and political situations (France, Germany, Russian creators). The syllabus includes the history of animation as an intrinsic part of film history.

The C.M. aims to:

  • Identify the contribution of the art of cinema to both the development and the better understanding of modern civilization
  • Present the art of cinema in relation to the other art forms that shaped the profile of modern civilization
  • Demonstrate the importance of animation for the development of cinematic writing

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • understand the primary aspects of the theoretical discussion regarding the fundamental concepts of the art of cinema
  • place the art of cinema within the wider context of its time
  • understand the main stages in its development up to the end of the 2nd World War
  • explain changes in cinema language in the face of technological advances and based on the corresponding shifts in social context
  • comparatively analyze the genres of film writing and critically assess their similarities and differences.
  • understand the genre of animation and its development
  • understand the place of animation within the wider context of the evolution of cinema, as well as its relation with other genres
  • know the most influential figures in the development of the art of cinema
  • know the most historically significant films
  • understand the importance of these films and be able to compare and analyze them from both an aesthetic and a sociological point of view
  • prepare scholarly papers by employing critical thinking and utilizing the relevant literature, through structured, systematic study.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • General introduction to the art of cinema
  • Provenance-beginnings-origins
  • Particularities, principles of Animation
  • Important events in the development of cinema up to 1950
  • Directing approaches

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI11: Film Theory I: Philosophy of images and audio-visual compositions

C.M. Code: SKI11

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification: Theoretical (T)

Semester available: First (1st)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

This course module aims to familiarize students with a theoretical language, and a wider -directly related to the present and constantly evolving- aesthetic discussion regarding the particularities and prospects of cinematic storytelling. As a basic point of reference, the philosophy refers to both the content of cinema as an art form and its formal audio-visual journey – indeed, the two are intrinsically connected. The unit will primarily focus on phenomenology, with particular emphasis on Maurice Merleau-Ponty, who demonstrated the everyday life and point of view of the subject through his works, and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, as expounded in his two-volume work on cinema (Cinema I: The Movement-Image, Cinema II: The Time-Image).

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the philosophical, aesthetic, and theoretical particularities of cinematic storytelling, as well as philosophy as an intrinsic part of the art of cinema.
  • Become familiar with significant names and works that will be necessary for their further development (theoretical and especially practical) regarding cinema.
  • Know the contribution of the major philosophical currents and schools of thought, and their close connection with cinema.
  • Understand the correlation between artistic and philosophical language, as well as how both relate to everyday life
  • View the Philosophy of Film as a living, breathing trend, a direct means of subjective approach to cinema.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Film Philosophy
  • Film Aesthetics
  • Introduction to Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Images
  • Introduction to film theory

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI12: Screenplay I: Dramatic Narration

C.M. Code: SKI12

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: First (1st)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. aims to introduce students to the concept of “dramatic” storytelling. Initial lessons focus on Aristotle’s “Poetics” and discussions of the most crucial aspect of drama – Myth. The concepts of “Beginning”, “Middle”, and “End” are discussed and presented in their modern form, the 3-Act Structure (Field / Seger). Additional concepts presented over the course of the lessons will be the “Hero’s Journey” according to J. Campbell and Frank Daniel’s eight-sequence structure.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the narrative structure of a film.
  • Know the basic concepts and terminology of screenplay language.
  • Compose and document stories that could form the basis for a dramatic narrative.
  • Identify the difference between “plot” and “topic”.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Presentation of the most prominent narrative models (3 Acts, 8 sequences, Campbell’s Cycle)
  • Structural analysis of feature films
  • Composition of stories for short- or feature-length film screenplays

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI13: Direction I: Basic audio-visual narrative tools and techniques. Filming preparation and practices

L.C.M. Code: SKI13

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Mandatory

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: First (1st)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The present L.C.M. aims to present the means for telling a story through the use of images and sounds, transforming it into cinematic plot. Students will become familiarized with all the creative fields of audio-visual creation: Use of the frame, organization of visual information, characteristics of the cinematic image and their effect on the viewer’s perception, the use of sound as a creative tool in conjunction with the image, the concepts of sequence, scene and shot as structural units of a cinematic text, as well as the importance of decoupage as a defining stylistic element, the function of “cuts” and the significance of editing in the creation of spatial and temporal continuity or discontinuity, and the importance of match cuts and axes. Furthermore, students will obtain practical experience of how to cover a scene, pre-production, organization, and shooting practice, as well as of the cooperation between the director and the other members of a film crew.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand how to tell a story with images and sounds.
  • Create complete, simple cinema stories, through familiarization with the basic tools and methods used to create audio-visual works.
  • Know the basic concepts and terminology of cinematic language.
  • Understand how their aesthetic preferences contribute to the development of their personal style.
  • Understand the process of preparing and carrying out a film shoot and the role the director plays in it.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Audio-visual storytelling
  • Story and plot
  • Cinematic frame and organization of visual information
  • Types of cinematic sound and their use
  • The capabilities of editing
  • Filming preparation and practices

L.C.M. Prerequisites None.

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 50 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 30 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: In-person and distance learning, through the use of new technologies, Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.) and in-person workshops

Laboratory Installations: Municipality of Drama

SKI20: History of Cinema ΙΙ: Overview of the history and development of the art of cinema from the mid-20th century to the present day

C.M. Code: SKI20

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification: Theoretical (T)

Semester available: Second (2nd)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

A direct continuation of SKI10, this unit adheres to the same structure and discusses international developments in cinema from the 60s to the present day. The syllabus includes the history of animation as an intrinsic part of film history.

The C.M. aims to:

  • Demonstrate the contribution of the art of cinema to both the development and the better understanding of modern civilization
  • View the art of cinema in relation to the other art forms that shaped the profile of modern civilization
  • Illuminate the development of animation as a genre of cinema and its importance in the development of cinematic storytelling

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • understand the primary aspects of the theoretical discussion regarding the aesthetic principles and currents of the art of cinema
  • Express qualified opinions and discuss the art of cinema, based on the wider cultural and social context.
  • Understand the primary phases and currents in the development of cinema up to the mid-20th century
  • Adequately explain evolutions in cinema language in the face of technological advances and based on the corresponding shifts in social context
  • Identify the stages in the development of a particular animation language, and its evolution through the corresponding technological advances
  • prepare scholarly papers by employing critical thinking and utilizing the relevant literature, through structured, systematic study.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Storytelling theories
  • Aesthetic currents in cinema
  • Digital cinematography
  • Aesthetics of Animation

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI10

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI21: Screenplay ΙΙ: Characters in cinematic narratives

C.M. Code: SKI21

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Second (2nd)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

This C.M. discusses “character-centered” storytelling, as presented by Lajos Egri and other thinkers. Lessons will focus on the importance of characters, discussing how they are approached in dramatic storytelling, both in theory and through the viewing of selected films (either in part or in full) and subsequent analysis of their characters. Students participating in the C.M. will complete individual assignments with various different methods of approaching characters.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Identify the basic types of characters that recur in dramatic narratives.
  • Identify the archetypal functions of characters in dramatic storytelling.
  • Understand the different ways in which characters are built.
  • Identify the particularities of character-centered narratives.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Characters’ biographies and back-stories
  • Characters’ languages
  • Basic characters: Protagonist, Antagonist, Mentor, Pivotal Character
  • Archetypal characters and their function (Shape-shifter, Trickster, Shadow, etc.)
  • Analysis of film characters

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI12

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI22: Direction ΙΙ: The film creation process. Examination of the plot chronology and non-linear narrative techniques

L.C.M. Code: SKI22

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Mandatory

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: First (1st)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

Producing a feature film is the cooperative art form par excellence. To successfully complete their task, film productions need cooperation between all specializations involved in pursuit of a common creative goal. Naturally, the director plays a crucial role in the cultivation of just such a cooperative environment. The present L.C.M. discusses the parameters of this cooperation throughout all stages of production.

Lessons will also delve into the structure of film plots, focusing on the heterogeneity of temporal constructions and the particularities of linear, elliptical, and non-linear narrative structures. Another topic of discussion will be the internal timing of shots as related to how they are joined through editing, both in simple, linear narratives and in complex re-organizations of the temporal axis through the use of precursors, recursions, inversions, reiterations and/or multiple versions of the same period of time. Finally, lessons will discuss how these structural choices serve the narrative and define viewer engagement.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • Possess a clear idea of the preparation required to produce a film and how these preparations serve a director’s preferences.
  • Recognize and explain elements of non-linearity in a film plot.
  • Understand the structure of time in films as a fundamental stylistic element.
  • Understand the means by which temporal structure is developed throughout the stages of film development, from screenplay to editing.
  • Creatively utilize time in their own cinematic narratives, experimenting with it to develop their own writing skills.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Stages of film production and the director’s role
  • Linear narrative and temporal continuity
  • Simple forms of non-linear structure
  • Complex narratives
  • The subjectivity of time
  • Cinematic approaches to the mechanism of dreams

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI13

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 50 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 30 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: In-person and distance learning, through the use of new technologies, Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.) and in-person workshops

Laboratory Installations: Municipality of Drama

 

SKI23: Editing I: Introduction to the fundamental principles of editing

L.C.M. Code: SKI23

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Mandatory

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: First (1st)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

Introduction to the fundamental principles of editing. The importance of “cuts” in the creation of a screenplay and their reception by the viewer. Introduction to digital editing (NLE). Introduction to the aesthetics and technology of audio and video editing. Familiarization with the basic functions of film editing software and practical training on brief scenes. Understanding of the basic sequence of technical tasks (work-flow) required to complete a film. Communication and implementation of tasks as related to other film directions (e.g. Photography Direction etc.).

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • understand the fundamental principles of editing software,
  • understand the basic functions of editing software,
  • understand the aesthetic preferences used to evaluate an edit,
  • possess adequate editing skills to cooperate with other film directions,
  • understand post-production work-flow,
  • possess practical experience in editing successive scenes.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Digital editing
  • Post-production work-flow
  • Basic principles of editing

L.C.M. Prerequisites None.

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the LCM. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 40 percent of the final grade of the LCM.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.)

 

SKI30: History of Cinema ΙΙΙ: Comparative study of currents and schools (Hollywood and the Russian Avant-garde)

C.M. Code: SKI30

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification: Theoretical (T)

Semester available: Third (3rd)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. Aims to discuss and analyze the particular aesthetics and practices of directors belonging to the soviet school, who used dialectical editing in service of political and propaganda purposes. The crux of the matter is a form of cine-poetics or rhetoric originating in historical materialism, which seeks to create active, critical viewers and rejects cinematic “voyeurism”, primarily through the Brechtian defamiliarization effect. This is contrasted with the academicism, practice of “invisible editing”, identification and omnipotence of Hollywood and its dominant genres, the detective story and the western.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • recognize rhetorical editing practices.
  • evaluate the soviets’ use of temporal and spatial structure to achieve particular results.
  • classify soviet cinematic conventions in relation to the dominant narrative type, according to their effectiveness.
  • evaluate editing in general, as well as particular editing techniques, as regards their ability to create meaning.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Classical narrative (analytic match cuts)
  • Dialectical editing – attraction editing
  • Defamiliarization – historical materialism
  • Dominant forms of Hollywood cinema and identification

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI20

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI31: Photography direction I: Introduction to the principles of cinematic visual storytelling. Static photography, static image processing, cinematic equipment

L.C.M. Code: SKI31

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Mandatory

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Third (3rd)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

Introduction to the fundamentals of cinematic visual storytelling, through the aspects of technique and aesthetics that define Photography Direction. Students are introduced to static photography and its processing. Lessons will focus on the properties of various focal lengths that characterize lenses (fixed/primes & variable focal length/zoom), different formats (shooting and projection), and finally their various creative applications and combinations. Students will become acquainted with the approaches adopted in different conditions through decisions on frame composition, selected angle of view, and their combination with motion or lack thereof. Concurrently, lessons will also delve into issues regarding the results of the aforementioned preferences, in addition to the aesthetics of use of perspective and high or low depth of field. Finally, the evolution in the design and applications of film cameras from the period of (negative) film to modern digital sensors will be analyzed.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • understand the basic principles of photography,
  • process static images,
  • identify the various film camera technologies,
  • understand the properties and technical characteristics of film and photographic lenses,
  • understand the basic principles of frame composition and its relation to shooting angles and camera movements,
  • understand the rules of visual storytelling and approaches to a variety of narratives.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Basic principles of static photography
  • Processing of static image files
  • Film camera technology and lens properties
  • Photography direction
  • The rules of visual storytelling

L.C.M. Prerequisites None.

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and in-person through the use of new technologies and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

Laboratory Installations: Halls owned or rented by the H.O.U.

 

SKI32: Screenplay ΙΙΙ: Short film screenplays

C.M. Code: SKI32

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Third (3rd)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The C.M. “Screenplay III: Short film screenplays” discusses the particularities of micro-narratives, as regards structure, character development, subject matter, narrative storytelling “arcs”, and how each of these is shaped by the brief available narrative time and the challenges of turning a screenplay into a film.

Additionally, lessons will focus on the genre’s dramaturgical similarities and differences with the short story and the one-act play, as well as on the nature of the stories most suited and the techniques required to develop the storytelling core of a short film script.

The C.M. also discusses alternative/experimental models of film development.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Recognize the means by which limiting the available narrative time and the regularity required by a film’s construction shape a screenplay as a whole
  • Understand and implement the various structural models of short films.
  • Understand the fundamentals of experimental narratives in short films.
  • Write a short film script.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Character development
  • Micro-narratives
  • Screenplay structure

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI21

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI33: Direction ΙΙΙ: Directing narrative scenes and creating drama

L.C.M. Code: SKI33

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Mandatory

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: First (1st)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The L.C.M. “Direction III: Directing narrative scenes and creating drama” examines the fundamental principles and methodologies of directing, dramaturgy, and actor preparation. Lessons will focus on the particular narrative techniques of dramatic actions and turning points.

The L.C.M. will also include an introduction to the history of Acting – The great writers and systems (Stanislavsky-Meyerhold-Grotowski-Lee Strasberg-Maisner-Adler etc).

Finally, students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge they will have gained in a workshop environment, constructing various narrative vignettes.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the role and place of the director, having been introduced to the fundamental principles of preparation, performing, and direction of dialog scenes.
  • Be familiarized with the creation of dialog scenes with actors.
  • Understand a textual analysis relating to how a scene is directed.
  • Be familiarized with the camera as a point of view in dialog scenes.
  • Create 4 brief dialog scenes.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Directing approach to micro-dramatic analysis, with goals and activities.
  • Rehearsal techniques before shooting.
  • Actor blocking and staging techniques and concepts.
  • Methods of covering dialog scenes through the use of film cameras.
  • Dialog editing techniques.
  • Practical staging, filming, and scene processing techniques.

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI22

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 50 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 30 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: In-person and distance learning, through the use of new technologies, Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.) and in-person workshops

Laboratory Installations: Municipality of Drama

 

SKI40: Screenplay ΙV: Cinematic genre screenplays

C.M. Code: SKI40

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Mandatory

C.M. Specification:  Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fourth (4th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The C.M. “Screenplay IV: Cinematic genre screenplays” discusses both the theoretical approaches and the applied narrative screenplay conventions in a variety of genres (crime, comedy, horror, noir, science fiction, etc.). Lessons will discuss each of the aforementioned cinematic genres, examining plot conventions, character composition, types of conflict and subject matter, various creators’ interpretations of the aforementioned conventions, as well as “crossovers” between the genres seen in recent years.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Recognize and apply the conventions mandated by and different interpretations suitable for each genre.
  • Combine elements from different cinematic genres, by utilizing the differences between them and developing an intertextual dialog.
  • Create a short film script in accordance with the conventions of a genre or genres they select.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Cinematic genres
  • Intertextuality
  • Narrative conventions

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI32

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI41: Direction IV: From page to Screen. Sequences that form a narrative arc.

L.C.M. Code: SKI41

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Mandatory

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fourth (4th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The central focus of the L.C.M. “Direction IV: From page to Screen. Sequences that form a narrative arc” is the direction of narrative sequences and the creation of a succession of visual images. Once again, students will obtain practical experience in the theory of dramatic analysis, techniques and camera uses, and audio-visual editing through workshop activities. The L.C.M. examines:

  • Characters and Roles
  • Analysis
  • Plot Skeletons
  • Back Story
  • Subtext
  • Internal flow
  • External movement
  • Direction
  • Scene study
  • Direction and interaction with other roles
  • Decision-making
  • Internal cohesion
  • Scene connection.

The workshop environment will offer students the opportunity to develop and direct their own narrative plot, by utilizing the skills and knowledge they have obtained thus far.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • apply Directing principles, through an in-depth overview of the various stages of production.
  • develop and create the appropriate aesthetic for a film.
  • develop production plans from a cinematic and directorial standpoint.
  • present production design and spatial use.
  • create a short film according to their own expression and personal vision.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Directorial approach to Macro-dramatic analysis, through comprehension of the character’s arc and the appropriate directorial approach.
  • Narrative use of film space and production space.
  • Audio-visual cinematic moment creation methods.

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI33

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 50 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 30 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: In-person and distance learning, through the use of new technologies, Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.) and in-person workshops

Laboratory Installations: Municipality of Drama

 

SKI42: Editing II: Audio and video editing. Aesthetic parameters, dialog, and practical applications.

L.C.M. Code: SKI42

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Mandatory

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fourth (4th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The L.C.M. discusses the following audio and visual editing topics:

  • Aesthetic parameters (spatial / temporal continuity or discontinuity, elliptical editing, rhythm)
  • dialogs & practical application.
  • Basic editing principles, concurrently with an examination of the history of editing.
  • The “discovery” of continuity editing during the silent film era and its crucial contribution to the evolution of cinematic narrative.
  • The case of Griffith and the editing theories of the great Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s (Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Kuleshov, Dziga Vertov).
  • Critical analysis of scenes.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • understand the history of film editing,
  • understand the basic theories that developed regarding film editing,
  • understand the functions of various different film editing techniques,
  • develop their critical thinking on the function of film editing,
  • obtain the terminology to effectively and critically discuss film editing,
  • edit scenes and audio-visual sequences.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Historical evolution of editing
  • Basic theories of editing
  • Aesthetics of editing
  • Editing technology

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI23

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the LCM. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 40 percent of the final grade of the LCM.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.)

SKI43: History of Cinema IV: Nouvelle vague, avant-garde cinema, and broader forms of transcending reality

C.M. Code: SKI43

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Fourth (4th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The course module aims to familiarize students with the artistic production of various different currents and filmmakers, as well as with the contribution of their influence to the development of cinematic language.  More particularly, the C.M. focuses on the transcendence of the real by the exponents of nouvelle vague and surrealism in its various manifestations, as well as on alternative narratives and broader avant-garde trends and approaches to cinematic language. Currents and figures that students will have already encountered in the C.M.s SKI10 and SKI20, the subject matter of which the present C.M. continues, will be discussed in further detail.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the vital contribution of Nouvelle Vague and its numerous exponents, the crucial historical and aesthetic significance of the Cahiers du Cinéma and the La Politique des Auteurs, their influence and subsequent critiques of them, as a conversation directly connected to the contemporary relation between artists and financial actors (a noteworthy example is streaming media) and individuality/collectivity.
  • Understand the importance of expressionism, surrealism, and other currents as historical phenomena on the one hand and living trends on the other.
  • Know the historical development of avant-garde cinema and become acquainted with rare works necessary for their subsequent theoretical and practical development.
  • Obtain a more spherical (academic and practical) perspective of the ability of film to depict reality as well as to transcend it as a language and means of expression.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Nouvelle vague
  • Film currents (Expressionism, Surrealism, poetic cinema) and creators
  • Avant-garde cinema and narrative forms
  • Approaches to transcendence of the real

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI30

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI44: Film Theory ΙΙ: Cinema and Psychoanalysis. Dreams as a mechanism and their relation with film writing and experience

C.M. Code: SKI44

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Fourth (4th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. examines how cinema interacts with psychoanalysis, with particular emphasis on dreams. Lessons will focus on concepts of psychoanalysis that have been utilized in film studies, particularly: (a) the dream mechanism and (b) the experience of the dreamer. On the one hand, there is a structural similarity between dreams as mechanisms and film language: in means of expression, ways of producing meaning, and narrative construction. On the other, we have the position of the subjective viewer, and how it is shaped by the film and its viewing condition. The primary references will be to Freud’s “dream mechanism”, Lacan’s theory of identification, and the film theorists Christian Metz and Thierry Kuntzel. Students are encouraged to become acquainted with the psychoanalytic film theories and their applications in understanding the function of cinema and film analysis.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the basic psychoanalytic concepts and their applications in cinema.
  • Recognize the structural similarities between the dream mechanism and film language, and the capabilities of cinematic expression.
  • Recognize the similarities and differences between the experience of dreams and film viewing, as well as their ideological implications.
  • Utilize concepts of psychoanalysis to interpret films (of all genres, story, and documentation, narrative or non-narrative) on first viewing.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • basic concepts of psychoanalysis
  • basic psychoanalytic approaches to cinema
  • film analysis

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI11

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI45: Animation I: Film graphic design and basic principles of animation

C.M. Code: SKI45

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fourth (4th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present unit offers students the opportunity, through weekly evaluation activities, to understand the basic theoretical elements of the art of animation as a film genre, elements necessary for their further education and practical experience on specialized issues of animation in following semesters. Lessons will focus on topics of film graphic design, such as motion typography and motion graphics, with the examination of basic principles of movement and visual communication, necessary for the subsequent specialized creation of animation.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Utilize the appropriate terminology to critically discuss topics related to the qualitative aspects of animation
  • Understand the significance and position of elements of visual communication in the form and structure of an animated film.
  • Compare and analyze animated films according to aesthetic criteria and qualitative visual communication characteristics.
  • Prepare scholarly papers by employing critical thinking and utilizing the relevant literature, through structured, systematic study.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Directing approaches to animation
  • Screenplays for animation
  • Film graphic design
  • Visual communication
  • Basic principles of animation

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI50: Direction V: Documentary, experimental film, “avant-garde”, and non-linear film direction

L.C.M. Code: SKI50

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The L.C.M. seeks to familiarize students with aspects of experimental film structure, “avant-garde” or non-linear storytelling, and all forms of documentary, as well as their practices and implementation, through workshop assignments and the creation micro films and short video works. The L.C.M. “Direction V: Documentary, experimental film, “avant-garde” and non-linear film direction” will provide students the opportunity to apply the elements and theories they have been taught to create their own film.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • recognize and interpret the genres of non-linear cinema and documentary.
  • identify and define Video-Art, Avant-Garde, and experimental works, as well as the practices associated with their filming.
  • understand the use of audio and visual narration and experiment with them.
  • apply Documentary techniques to the film-making process.
  • understand the process of researching and utilizing archival videos and material.
  • create experimental projects,
  • utilize editing & sound design techniques and experiment with them

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Experimental, Avant-Garde, and Video-Art techniques and practices.
  • Research and utilization of archival footage.

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI41

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 50 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 30 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: In-person and distance learning, through the use of new technologies, Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.) and in-person workshops

Laboratory Installations: Municipality of Drama

 

SKI51: Photography direction II: Frame composition – camera movement – color

L.C.M. Code: SKI51

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The L.C.M. seeks to familiarize students with issues of and approaches to lighting in combination with various different shooting conditions, through the various choices that arise through different frame compositions and camera movements. Additionally, lessons will discuss the creative use of color and its dramaturgical applications, through assignments with various types of lighting fixtures and the interpretation of different narrative possibilities and temporal conditions (daytime/night-time light).

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • know the different types of lighting fixtures,
  • creatively utilize lenses in order to define different versions of frame compositions,
  • identify different lighting conditions,
  • create frames together with camera motions,
  • adjust lighting to achieve a particular aesthetic result.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Introduction to issues of lighting in film
  • Technology and evolution of lighting fixtures
  • Lighting techniques and the use of color
  • Filming techniques with various different lighting fixtures
  • Lighting strategies through the use of cameras
  • Photography direction

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI31

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and in-person through the use of new technologies and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

Laboratory Installations: Halls owned or rented by the H.O.U.

 

SKI52:  Sound and sound design

L.C.M. Code: SKI52

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

This L.C.M. discusses the fundamental principles and methodologies of dialog composition, environmental sounds, and music. Lessons will focus on intra-narrative and extra-narrative sounds and their dynamic within the screenplay.

Finally, students will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge they will have gained in a workshop environment, constructing various narrative vignettes.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • recognize the basic elements of audio narrative
  • possess fundamental sound processing practical skills.
  • create short films and micro-films (less than 5 minutes) utilizing their own, personal cinematic “voice”, as well as through experimentation with various different aesthetic cinematic preferences.
  • understand film language and describe a subject through the use of dialog, environmental sounds, and music.
  • apply experimental techniques through assignments and projects.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Basic principles and techniques of audio narrative
  • Film language and theories of sound continuity.
  • Research methods and finding archival audio and effects.
  • Experimentation on completed film projects.
  • Basic principles of sound and sound design applications.
  • Theories of sound space and their implications for the creation of a cinematic geography.

L.C.M. Prerequisites None.

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 40 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and in-person through the use of new technologies and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.)

 

SKI53: Screenplay V: Adapted screenplays

C.M. Code: SKI53

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The C.M. “Screenplay V: Adapted screenplays” discusses both the theoretical approaches and the practical techniques used in adapting prose and theatrical works, true stories, comics, pre-existing films (remakes), poems, etc.

Lessons will focus on the basic narrative conventions, methodology, and techniques through which these conventions translate into the context of this particular process.

Over the course of the semester, lessons discuss each narrative system, comparatively examine original texts and the screenplays based on them, and analyze various aspects of adaptation (e.g. finding the basic narrative in the adapted work, character selection, treatment of the subject, etc.).

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Identify the various adaptation methodologies
  • Understand the different narrative preferences that are appropriate for the process of adapting every narrative system and apply techniques depending on the text being adapted: novel, play, real event.
  • Adapt a short text.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Narrative conventions
  • Adaptations
  • Transformative actions

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI40

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI54: Animation ΙΙ: CGI – 3D design, animation, rendering

C.M. Code: SKI54

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

This C.M. is a direct continuation of SKI45, and focuses on the same syllabus, discussing the qualitative characteristics of animation, albeit with a focus on theoretical and practical training in specialized aspects of 3D computer modeling and CGI (Computer-Generated Imagery).

The C.M. aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge and practical experience in specialized issues of 3D environmental modeling, such as:

  • Creating and composing 3D objects on a computer
  • 3D object and environmental lighting
  • 3D composition framing
  • Camera movements in 3D environments
  • Finalization and rendering of 3D compositions on 2D images (rendering)

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the primary aspects of the theoretical discussion regarding the fundamental concepts, specializations, and qualitative characteristics of 3D modeling
  • Compare and analyze 3D creations utilizing the appropriate terminology and according to aesthetic criteria
  • Develop general 3D modeling skills relating to all stages and specializations of the creative process
  • Develop specialized skills and select a particular specialization in a collaborative 3D production project.
  • prepare scholarly papers by employing critical thinking and utilizing the relevant literature, through structured, systematic study.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • 3D computer modeling
  • Photography direction – lighting
  • Digital Set Design
  • Graphic design
  • Visual communication

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI45

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI55: History of Cinema V: Italian neorealism

C.M. Code: SKI55

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The course module discusses Italian neorealism as a distinct cultural, historical, and aesthetic phenomenon. Lessons will also focus on the influence it exerted on the various film currents and schools (such as, for example, New Hollywood in the 1970s). The theoretical references of the unit will focus primarily on the perspective of the philosopher Antonio Gramsci. Lessons will also focus on the complex relationship between Italian neorealism and certain key figures (Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti) who, despite not fully embracing the current in their artistic oeuvre, were nevertheless connected with its manifestos and aesthetic explorations, in order for students to understand its status as a complex phenomenon with various different iterations, and not a completely homogeneous or strictly defined current.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Know the political, social, aesthetic, and historical dimensions of Italian neorealism.
  • Understand the influence of Italian neorealism on international cinema and modern film-making, even within the studio system, through the influence of New Hollywood and the return to the idea of the real through multiple forms of storytelling.
  • Identify the connections between discussions on social matters and mythology in its most traditional forms.
  • Become acquainted with valuable alternative models of cinematic interpretation and narration.
  • Understand the influence of social context on a narrative, the dependence of the art of cinema on extra-textual factors (political, historical, and cultural), as well as their inclusion into the narrative.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Introduction to Italian neorealism. Aesthetic, dramatic, political, and cultural implications
  • Comparative analysis with subsequent currents- New Hollywood, American independent cinema (influences and reactions)
  • Italian Auteurs
  • Forms of Italian popular cinema (Commedia a l’ Italiana, melodrama, peplum, Gothic films). Commonalities, aesthetic influences, and differentiations from the neorealistic perception

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI30

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI56: Film Theory ΙΙΙ: Self-referentiality, intertextuality, defamiliarization, estrangement

C.M. Code: SKI56

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. discusses the historical shift that gave rise to an emphasis on realism (or naturalism) in film language, to reflection (self-referentiality) and intertextuality, from film to text, and from representation to construction. Lessons will focus on the concepts of identification, its questioning and rejection, the concepts of (cinematic) writing and expression.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • discern the concepts of self-referentiality, encapsulation, and the various forms of inter-textuality.
  • evaluate the efficacy of its use in film writing and style.
  • recognize the functional and historical role of the concepts and practices of film identification and defamiliarization (distancing, disidentification), in managing film language

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Intertextuality and hypertext
  • Encapsulation forms and techniques (metafiction etc.)
  • Nature and politics of reflection

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI11

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI57: Cinema and Anthropology

C.M. Code: SKI57

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Fifth (5th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present course module discusses the fundamental principles of anthropological cinema and aspects of visual culture and ethnographic depictions through the use of audio-visual means. The unit will examine how the technologies of these means have been utilized up to the present day, as well as the relevant modern theoretical discussions, offering students an in-depth look at the history of the ethnographic documentary and the theory of anthropological and sociological cinema, or the fields of visual anthropology and visual sociology correspondingly, as they are known today.

It may be a coincidence, but cinema appeared at roughly the same time as the discipline of the social sciences we know as social anthropology, a field which comes part and parcel with in-situ research, participatory observation, and the so-called “ethnographic documentary”. Social anthropology and cinema both appeared in the late 19th century; while the Lumière brothers attempted to document the everyday life and “reality” they saw around them, social anthropologists were making efforts to document their experiences studying communities and tribes, peoples and their customs, and their relation with nature, thus introducing a novel approach to the humanities and audio-visual means while concurrently offering a new and powerful connection between subjects and researchers.

The term “ethnographic documentary” has for many years been intrinsically connected with the field of social anthropology, a connection that has given rise to a number of misconceptions regarding the term. Modern-day anthropology, as well as the entirety of the humanities and the social sciences, reject the stereotypical exoticism of the past and include audio-visual means in their research, proposing new and different ways of thinking about the world around us and researching a constantly shifting otherness.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • recognize the basic elements of visual storytelling through anthropology and the humanities in general.
  • recognize film language and its relation with anthropology, sociology, and the social sciences and humanities in general.
  • understand the term ethnographic documentary or ethnographic film.
  • understand, identify, interpret, and compare the morphological characteristics of: Cinéma Vérité and Direct Cinema.
  • understand the terms Observational Cinema, Indigenous Cinema, Participatory Cinema, and Sensory Cinema.
  • understand and identify the documentary aspect in relation to the terms “diaspora” and “memory”.
  • understand and identify the discussion regarding the fluid boundaries between fiction and documentary in the context of ethnographic film.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Visual Anthropology and Visual Sociology
  • Modern Ethnographic Film
  • In-situ Anthropological Research and the Use of Audio-Visual Means
  • Indigenous Cinema
  • Observational Cinema
  • Sensory Cinema

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI60: Direction VI: Film acting – actor direction

L.C.M. Code: SKI60

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The L.C.M. “Direction VI” aims to teach students topics regarding:

  • Film acting
  • actor direction (building a film role – acting methods, kinesiology, collaboration with actors during rehearsals & while shooting).
  • the study of Realism in Theater (Ibsen- Chekhov, Pinter, etc.),
  • the influence of Cinema on Acting and Modern acting Methods.
  • Genres as related to acting (Comedy, Horror, Drama, Satire, Historical films etc.)

Lessons will also focus on:

  • Listening
  • Effective and Cold reading
  • Concentration and Improvisation
  • Emotional control
  • Scene preparation and stage setting
  • Rehearsal goals and scene setting
  • Cohesion and continuity
  • How to ‘move’ a scene according to our own demands and the needs of each project
  • How to ‘move’ actors’ souls and bodies in space – Streams of Action
  • The role of helpers or coaches
  • Shooting (shooting objectives)
  • Rehearsals during shooting (Preferences – Challenges)
  • Special cases (Children – Extras – Crowd movements)

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • Apply the stages of a rehearsal to a film project.
  • Understand and run through all the stages in the development of a film role.
  • Develop and read a screenplay breakdown and organize shooting schedules.
  • Understand the goal in each rehearsal in order to prepare a scene

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Actor instruction
  • Rehearsal planning
  • Scene analysis
  • Actor direction

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI41

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 50 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 30 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: In-person and distance learning, through the use of new technologies, Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.) and in-person workshops

Laboratory Installations: Municipality of Drama

 

SKI61: Screenplay VI: Television screenplays

C.M. Code: SKI61

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The C.M. “Screenplay VI: Television screenplays” discusses the particularities of the television serial format, as regards structure, character development, subject matter, narrative storytelling “arcs”, and how each of these is shaped in relation to the duration of a macro-narrative.

Lessons will also focus on the content of the various genres of television series (crime, comedy, drama) as well as their duration (mini-series, TV series, sitcom, procedural, arc -TV, etc.), and discuss particular narrative issues (narratives with multiple plot-lines and protagonists, shifts in narrative focus, disruptions of the narrative axis (flashback/flash-forward) etc.)

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Recognize the means through which more available narrative time influences all aspects of a screenplay:  structure, characters, plot, etc.
  • Understand the means of developing the various television genres and the conventions dictated by each.
  • Write a screenplay for a “pilot” episode from a wider screenplay.
  • Write a screenplay with multiple plot-lines.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Episode organization
  • Pilot episode creation
  • Concurrent plot-line narration
  • Narrative arcs
  • TV show bible

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI40

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI62: Photography direction III: Complex conditions – filters – advanced natural and artificial lighting conditions

L.C.M. Code: SKI62

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

Examination of more complex shooting conditions: lessons focus on the use of lens filters and lighting fixtures. In-depth examination of issues of measuring light and the use of various different types of light meters (incident-reflected-spot), as well as colorimeters, together with applications and results in a given film’s aesthetic depending on the values created. Additionally, lessons will analyze and apply various different lighting condition and probability techniques (directional-diffuse-reflective), in relation to corresponding original filming preferences.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • handle various different types of lighting fixtures and their components,
  • use light and color intensity measurement systems,
  • understand light and color measurement units,
  • apply lighting techniques to complex filming conditions,
  • understand the aesthetic differences between night and day shots,
  • understand the parameters and appropriate settings for internal and external shots,
  • learn special film lighting techniques.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Photometry
  • Chromatometry
  • Use of filters on lenses and lighting fixtures
  • Film lighting techniques
  • Photography direction

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI51

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and in-person through the use of new technologies and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

Laboratory Installations: Halls owned or rented by the H.O.U.

SKI63: Scenography – costume design

C.M. Code: SKI63

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The C.M. Aims to provide students with the knowledge required to contribute to a film project’s narrative quality through scenery, costumes, and other embellishments. Lessons will cover the basic tools used in preparing a scenery and costume proposal, as well as the relation between film narratives and the natural and man-made environment.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • understand how to design a film set,
  • recognize different means of depicting space and clothing,
  • understand the workflow of a scenery/costume proposal,
  • develop a scenery/costume proposal based on a screenplay,
  • understand the role of scenography/costume design in film productions,
  • recognize the artistic significance of materials in a film set,
  • understand the relation between architecture and film through viewing and critiquing films.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Scenography
  • Film and architecture
  • Film and nature
  • Costume design
  • History of costume design
  • Art history

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI31

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI64: Editing III: Editing as a defining aspect of style

L.C.M. Code: SKI64

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The L.C.M. “Editing III: Editing as a defining aspect of style” provides students the opportunity to learn the fundamental principles of the art of audio and visual editing. Lessons will focus on aesthetic and practical applications and the post-production workflow. Particular emphasis will be placed on the fundamental building blocks of Visual Story Telling with audio. Lessons will also discuss theories of the image as a film language and the combination of film audio with images.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • recognize the basic elements of visual story telling.
  • possess basic practical knowledge of image editing and processing
  • create short films and micro-films (less than 5 minutes) utilizing their own, personal cinematic “voice”, as well as through experimentation with various different aesthetic cinematic preferences.
  • understand film language and describe a subject through the use of audio and visual editing.
  • apply experimental techniques through assignments and projects.
  • Understand a textual analysis relating to how a scene is directed.
  • Be familiarized with the camera as a point of view in dialog scenes.
  • Create 4 brief dialog scenes.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Visual Story Telling
  • Film language and theories of visual continuity.
  • Introduction to semiotics – image as language.
  • The consequences of visual composition.
  • Editing principles.
  • Research methods and finding archival footage.

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI42

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the LCM. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 40 percent of the final grade of the LCM.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.)

 

SKI65: Production I: Stages in the production of audio-visual projects

C.M. Code: SKI65

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Theoretical (T)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. discusses the planning and implementation of the various stages in the creative production of an audio-visual project, as well as in the technical and financial system required to support this creative activity. Lessons will focus on topics such as casting, recruitment of various different specialists, production financial, material- and immaterial-resource (teams, tools, equipment, software) management, as well as legal processes and aspects (royalties, contracts). The methods and techniques of organizing and creating an audio-visual project will be discussed in detail.  The C.M. has a combined approach, with theoretical lessons and student assignments and activities, which provide different means of completing a production with the best possible results within the programmed financial, technical, and artistic constraints.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the multi-faceted nature of a production, which in addition to the basic creative department, needs to have appropriate technical/administrative, financial, and legal aid.
  • Negotiate the hiring of high-quality talent at the international level (casting, recruitment)
  • Create/organize co-production infrastructure
  • Carry out projects with a view to international distribution
  • Develop critical thinking and select the most suitable method to manage a production
  • Understand production processes and models in order to better select those most suited to each individual project
  • Understand the cost of decision-making as regards time, funds, and quality of an audio-visual project

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Theoretical approach to planning of all the stages in every genre of audio-visual project
  • Preparation of an audio-visual project through practical application of the theoretical approach
  • Human resource management, recruitment, casting
  • Management of financial resources: budget setting and monitoring
  • Production models, types (from the business sector)

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

 

SKI66: History of Cinema VI: Films as historical documents and the director’s perspective

C.M. Code: SKI66

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. discusses the multi-faceted relationship between history and film, the approaches to historical documentation through film, and the limits of aesthetic transformation of history and impartial documentation of external aspects of reality.  Lessons will focus in part on the methodological and theoretical approaches of the historians who study film as a vehicle for historical narratives, as a propaganda tool, or as a preserver of collective memory. Students will be introduced to the historical, political, and ideological aspects of film as well as its social role in particular circumstances, and discuss issues of ‘faithfulness’ plausibility’, censorship, realism, historical allegories and interpretations. Individual lessons will discuss fictional films and documentaries and their directors, with examples drawn from genres of popular international cinema as well as art film.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the role of film in the development and creation of historical narratives.
  • Present, analyze, and refute the documentary nature of fictional films, documentaries, and archival material.
  • Approach the works of important directors and their aesthetic preferences in light of their historical circumstances
  • Compile, process, and combine information regarding the historical and socio-political context of a film in order to demonstrate its historical significance
  • Understand, identify, and examine the ideological assertions of a film
  • Clearly express their views and understand possible contradictions or points that require attention in their works, whether as directors, screenwriters, or producers in a film production
  • Place modern or earlier films in the current political debate and identify potential censorship limitations or prohibitions

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Theoretical approaches to the relation between history and film
  • Basic principles of historical narrative and historical memory
  • Analysis of the works of important filmmakers from a historical perspective
  • Discussion of social and cultural depictions through examples in film
  • Study of examples of the most important events in history as viewed through film narratives

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI30

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI67: Film Theory IV: Semiotics of cinema. Theories of film text analysis and their evolution

C.M. Code: SKI67

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. discusses film language, grammar, syntax and punctuation, as well as the transition from semiotic to structural analysis and narratology. Lessons will focus on concepts such as cinematic time, point of view, focus, and types of narrator, as related to cognitive theories and interpretive parameters.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • evaluate the perceptual “constraints” imposed by the depiction of time in film
  • discern the three levels of narrative time and evaluate the added “challenges” posed by film time and cinematic perspective
  • evaluate parameters such as film rhythm and editing
  • analyze a film as regards its spatial-temporal relations
  • distinguish between personal and impersonal mood, between the “I” and “them” of film narrative
  • discern the degrees of narrative representation and provided information
  • prioritize and classify criteria such as narrative mood, distance, and point of view

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Space, time and causality
  • Chronological narrative, duration, and repetition effects
  • Point of view and focus
  • Characters and narrators
  • Expression and unreliability

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI11

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI68: Animation III: Digital kinesiology – basic principles and techniques of animation – advanced rendering techniques

C.M. Code: SKI68

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Sixth (6th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

This C.M. is a direct continuation of SKI54, and focuses on the same syllabus, discussing the qualitative characteristics of animation, albeit with a focus on theoretical and practical training in specialized aspects of 3D animation and qualitative characteristics of computer animation. The C.M. aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge and practical experience in specialized issues of 3D animation, such as:

  • Creating and composing animations on a computer
  • Armature and driver creation
  • Connection of armature to 3D mesh points
  • Armature animation with two Kinematics methods (FK and IK)
  • Application of basic principles of animation in 3D models
  • Finalization and rendering of 3D animations on 2D images (rendering)

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the primary aspects of the theoretical discussion regarding the fundamental concepts, specializations, and qualitative characteristics of 3D motion
  • Compare and analyze 3D motion sequences (3D animation) utilizing the appropriate terminology and according to aesthetic criteria
  • Develop general 3D animation skills relating to all stages and specializations of the creative process
  • Develop specialized skills and select a particular specialization in a collaborative 3D production project.
  • prepare scholarly papers by employing critical thinking and utilizing the relevant literature, through structured, systematic study.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • 3D character modeling
  • Creating animation on a computer
  • Armature creation
  • Animation directing

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI54

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI70: Screenplay VII: Feature-length film screenplays

C.M. Code: SKI70

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The C.M. “Screenplay VII: Feature-length film screenplays” discusses the stages in the creation of a feature-length film screenplay (synopsis, outline, treatment, scripts, first draft).  Over the course of the C.M., students will be encouraged to develop their own feature-length film script, in addition to indicative scenes from their screenplay. Lessons will also focus on the process of rewriting, script editing, and script presentation techniques (pitching).

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Run through the stages in the writing of a feature-length film
  • Critically assess and edit their colleagues’ texts
  • Understand how to present their screenplays.
  • Write a screenplay script, which students may then utilize as the basis for a film project in their 8th semester.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Synopsis, outline, script, rewriting, script editing, pitching.

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI32

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

 

SKI71: Direction VII: Cinema and Music, structural similarities

L.C.M. Code: SKI71

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The L.C.M. examines the structural similarities between film and music as well as their relation, and soundtrack writing.

Students will complete assignments by preparing their preferred type of film project through their own narrative language. This workshop will offer students the opportunity to prepare an 8th-semester film project, a piece of video-art, an experimental film, a documentary, an animated film, a music video etc. in order to provide them with the necessary skills to direct and produce their own film project in the final semester.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • Apply the stages of pre-production to a film project.
  • Understand and run through all the stages in the development of a film project.
  • Prepare a useful, professional production book.
  • Develop and read a screenplay Breakdown and organize shooting schedules.
  • Understand the narrative, aesthetic, and technical uses of soundtracks.
  • Complete preparations for their own film project.

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Pre-production and production preparations.
  • Casting practices and location scouting.
  • Production books.
  • Methods of breaking down a screenplay
  • Technical and practical utilization of pieces of music.

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI41

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 50 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Physical presence in live laboratory exercises which constitute a 20 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 30 percent of the final grade of the L.C.M.

Teaching Method: In-person and distance learning, through the use of new technologies, Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.) and in-person workshops

Laboratory Installations: Municipality of Drama

 

SKI72: Editing IV: Post-production and special effects

L.C.M. Code: SKI72

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

L.C.M. Type: Elective

L.C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

L.C.M. Objective – Description:

The present L.C.M. is taught through workshops, and offers students the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the techniques, practices, and methods of editing a narrative film through creative cooperation in post-production. Lessons will discuss films in depth, as well as the practices of color grading and sound design. Students will be encouraged to apply the methodologies they have been taught in the creation of short narratives (vignettes) and audio-visual assignments.

L.C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the L.C.M., students will be able to:

  • create short narrative conditions through the use of editing, color grading, and sound design.
  • create short films as part of a creative group.
  • define a film perspective.
  • identify the narrative functions of a scene.
  • identify the skills and techniques demanded by color grading and sound design

L.C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Experimentation on completed film projects.
  • Sound design applications
  • Theories of visual space and their implications for the creation of a cinematic geography.
  • Experimental applications of basic visual narrative principles in film projects.
  • Visual continuity applications
  • Visual narrative applications in film projects.

L.C.M. Prerequisites Successful completion of SKI64

Students’ evaluation: Completion of distance learning activities during the academic semester which constitute a 60 percent of the final grade of the LCM. Completion of the final written assignment which constitutes a 40 percent of the final grade of the LCM.

Teaching Method: Distance learning and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.)

 

SKI73: Short-form film cultures

C.M. Code: SKI73

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

Discussion of the particular narrative and structural characteristics of short-form films. The present unit discusses the qualitative characteristics involved in the creation of short-form audio-visual works, such as commercials, opening credits, etc. Lessons will focus on issues of visual communication and specialized creative fields utilizing digital means, in order for students to obtain an in-depth understanding of the qualitative parameters of short-form audio-visual works.  Particular emphasis will be placed on the creation of original audio-visual works concurrently with the morphological and narrative analysis of prominent existing examples.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Utilize the appropriate terminology to critically discuss topics related to the qualitative aspects of short-form audio-visual projects
  • Identify the application of visual communication elements in the form and structure of a short-form film.
  • Create short-form audio-visual projects, basing their preferences according to their relevant theoretical training
  • Write an illustrated script for a short-form project
  • Understand issues related to film graphics

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Digital narratives
  • Moving print
  • Illustrated screenplay -animation
  • Animated graphics

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI74: Animation IV: Advanced 3D animation techniques

C.M. Code: SKI74

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

A direct continuation of SKI68, the present C.M. focuses on the same syllabus, discussing specialized aspects of animation, with emphasis on theoretical and practical training in modern and specialized digital 3D animation tools. The C.M. aims to provide students with in-depth knowledge and practical experience in specialized techniques and tools used in 3D animation, such as:

  • Creating animation through motion-capture technology: Magnetic and optical methods.
  • Connection of armatures to live action video points (Tracking Animation)
  • Animation with Natural interactions and automation on a computer

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Compare and analyze specialized animation creation tools and methods based on technical and aesthetic criteria.
  • Develop specialized 3D animation skills through the use of modern technology.
  • Incorporate specialized animation creation tools and methods in a 3D animation work plan
  • Document in academic papers techniques and creative preferences, through structured, systematic study.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Motion Capture
  • Tracking Animation
  • Rotoscope Animation
  • Creating 3D animation on a computer
  • Armature creation
  • Animation directing

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI68

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI75: Production II: Development of audio-visual projects – pitching – audio-visual production business planning

C.M. Code: SKI75

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. focuses on the development of audio-visual material for use in pitching. It discusses business plans for the production of audio-visual material to obtain slate funding. Lessons will focus on topics such as marketing and entrepreneurship/management. Students will become acquainted with methods of securing funding, promoting and distributing audio-visual works, as well as the commercial utilization of elements within a film (merchandising). The C.M. Also focuses on the financial viability and independence of a given audio-visual work.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Organize, prepare, and present a production portfolio to secure international funding (pitching)
  • Prepare a comprehensive proposal/planning text to submit to funding programs run by national and international bodies for the development of their own audio-visual project.
  • Commercially utilize the opportunity to produce secondary products (merchandising)
  • Utilize the appropriate techniques of a successful business model to promote their audio-visual work (franchising)
  • Utilize their marketing skills to achieve both their artistic and their business/commercial goals
  • Employ income strategies for their audio-visual project

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Marketing of Creative Arts
  • Planning, organization, and presentation of a Bible/audio-visual project package for funding (pitching techniques)
  • Secondary product production plan (merchandising)
  • Franchise practices for audio-visual products (sequels, formats, serials)
  • Text planning/preparing of comprehensive proposals for submission of applications for funding the development of an audio-visual project.
  • Audio-visual project income strategies

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI65

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI76: History of Cinema VΙΙ: From “Golfo” to the “Greek Weird Wave”. The history of Greek cinema

C.M. Code: SKI76

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The TU. Aims to discuss watershed moments in the history of Greek cinema, from “Golfo” (1914), the pastoral drama that was the first feature-length Greek silent film, to the Greek Weird Wave, a series of films from the second decade of the 21st century the common stylistic features -detachment, minimalist dialog, evocative photography direction- of which have inspired certain film critics to name them a movement, albeit not without a degree of controversy.

In addition to discussing the subject matter, style, and film language of Greek cinema as it evolved over time, the C.M. aims to provide an overview of the socio-political conditions that co-influenced the production model of films in Greece.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • identify the basic periods and currents of Greek cinema
  • evaluate the influence prominent Greek filmmakers had in the development of the Greek film language
  • understand and discern the influence exerted by movements such as the Nouvelle Vague on important Greek films
  • understand the influence and role of film critics and international film festivals for the recognition of a national cinema

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • The appearance of cinema in Greece
  • New Greek Cinema
  • Greek Weird Wave

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI30

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI77: Film Theory V: The impact of digital technology and information technology on the creation, reception, and dissemination of audio-visual messages.

C.M. Code: SKI77

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: General Knowledge (GK)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The present C.M. Discusses innovation in cinema and other audio-visual means, as viewed through the dialectical relationship between creative and technological experimentation. Lessons will discuss how the medium -as both materiality and communication channel- at the levels of both production and dissemination of the audio-visual message, interacts with possibilities and codes of expression. The focus will be on historical moments in which practices expanded and re-iterated what audio-visual language means: historic cinematic advances, neo-pioneers and the emergence of expanded cinema and video art, recent developments spurred by digitization, the Internet, digital mobile phones, etc. Students are encouraged to learn about the incredible wealth of opportunities provided to audio-visual expression, while also discussing theoretical issues such as whether and how technological advances influence audio-visual language and understanding of the world around us. Lessons will focus, among other topics, on heterogeneity, the value of documentation, virtuality, and interactivity. The C.M. adheres mainly to a semiotic methodology, embellished with philosophical concepts from the Frankfurt School to post-structuralism and new media theories, as well as with the manifestos and practices of artists from surrealism to digital art.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Understand the fundamental principles of communication theory and recognize them in the audio-visual texts they see.
  • Possess a general outline of the history of the audio-visual medium as related to technological developments.
  • Obtain an initial contact with the wealth of opportunities provided by audio-visual means.
  • Critically and creatively utilize audio-visual technologies.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Basic principles of communication theory and film semiotics
  • The audio-visual language and its relation to current technology
  • Theoretical approaches to the relation between art and technology
  • Theoretical approaches of avant-garde and experimental film, audio-visual arts and video art, digital and Internet art
  • Analysis of audio-visual texts from various genres, from feature films and digital environments to televised news and video games

C.M. Prerequisites: None.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI78: New narrative approaches to audio-visual storytelling

C.M. Code: SKI78

Academic Credits (ECTS) 7.5

C.M. Type: Elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Seventh (7th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

The C.M. aims to introduce students to new augmented cinematic storytelling technologies through the use of various technological tools. Lessons will discuss augmented, non-linear, technologically driven narratives, as well as the tools used for generative narrative compositions and visualizing compositions through augmented and virtual reality technologies.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • know the basic principles of non-linear narrative creation,
  • utilize software to create non-linear narratives,
  • understand the technological characteristics of augmented reality
  • understand the technological characteristics of virtual reality,
  • apply generative narrative techniques and visualize the results,
  • understand the differences between linear and non-linear narratives,
  • create a narrative work with multiple endings/branches.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Audio-visual composition
  • Generative narrative
  • Non-linear storytelling
  • Augmented storytelling
  • Augmented reality
  • Virtual reality

C.M. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SKI11

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

SKI80: Research in cinematic narratives

C.M. Code: SKI80

Academic Credits (ECTS) 30

C.M. Type: Mandatory elective

C.M. Specification: Skill Development (SD)

Semester available: Eighth (8th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

SKI80 involves the preparation of a theoretical assignment through which students will be required to solve at both the theoretical and the applied level one or more challenges concerning the Theory of Cinematography. SKI80 thus provides students the opportunity to systematize and utilize the knowledge they have obtained over their four terms of study in the USP in SKI (“Studies in Film writing, practice, and research”).

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • provide an answer to a complex theoretical question by identifying the basic knowledge and theoretical implications required for its analysis,
  • describe the successive stages required to analyze/solve a question, by identifying and adopting internationally accepted theories and combining knowledge and skills from various related fields,
  • implement, evaluate, and improve the development of the question,
  • adopt and implement a structured methodology in order to develop/solve comparable questions,
  • display responsibility in the development of theoretical communication skills,
  • prepare a comprehensive assignment in which they will analyze the initial theoretical question, their methodology, and the results of their work,
  • defend their assignment publicly, by answering questions posed regarding their personal research.

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Preparation of the structure of a theoretical question
  • Detailed planning of the theoretical question
  • Research and theoretical documentation in film
  • Theoretical research and synthesis in questions involving different fields

C.M. Prerequisites: All the C.M./L.C.M. belonging to previous semesters.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

 

SKI81: Cinematic project creation

C.M. Code: SKI81

Academic Credits (ECTS) 30

C.M. Type: Mandatory elective

C.M. Specification: Research Field (R.F.)

Semester available: Eighth (8th)

Teaching language: Greek

C.M. Objective – Description:

Practical application and theoretical documentation regarding a student’s creative project. Students may submit one of the following:

  1. I) Completed film project.
  2. II) Completed documentary.

III) Completed Animation project.

  1. IV) Completed screenplay for a feature-length film.

Choices I, II, and III may have a maximum duration of 45 minutes, while students may specialize independently in one of the following fields:

  • Screenplay
  • Direction
  • Photography direction
  • Editing
  • Animation
  • Production – development

Students who select Direction, Animation, and Production – development may also include auxiliary specializations in the creation of their film (music, sound design, graphic design etc.), involving extracurricular collaborators.

In all cases, the resultant works must be uploaded to the H.O.U. repository as student projects, and will possess all the rights according to the regulations of the Institution and academic practice.

C.M. Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the C.M., students will be able to:

  • Identify opportunities to apply the theoretical knowledge they have obtained through participation in C.M. in the creative process.
  • Plan research processes in their field of expertise in accordance with academic criteria
  • Successfully and professionally prepare practical work plans in their field
  • Document their creative preferences
  • Collaborate as coordinators of group projects

C.M. Subjects covered:

  • Cinematic Storytelling
  • Planning, organization, and execution of a film production
  • Cinematic project pre-production
  • Cinematic project post-production

C.M. Prerequisites: All the C.M./L.C.M. belonging to previous semesters.

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Teaching Method: Distance learning through the use of the H.O.U. Remote Learning Platform, and Group Counseling Meetings (G.C.M.).

 

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