| Course title | Film Analysis F |
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| Course code | KDU/FAF |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminar |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 3 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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This course focuses on movies that deal, centrally or marginally, directly or indirectly, with climate change today, that is the overall warming of the Earth's atmosphere mainly due to the emission of greenhouse gases such as Carbondioxide. Films may include ground-breaking documentaries on this topic such as An Inconvenient Truth (2006) and Hollywood blockbusters such as The Day After Tomorrow (2005), but also films like A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) which refers to global warming only in passing, and the comet-disaster satire Don't Look Up (2021) which can be understood as an allegory of people's and government's responses to climate change. In addition to examining the form and themes of such films, some sessions will investigate how a particular film came into being, or how it was presented to the public, or how it was received by critics and what impact it had on audiences. There will be few conventional lectures. Instead students will read a range of academic and other texts (including material written by the tutor), carry out small group exercises and engage in plenary discussions. During this course, it will be unavoidable to think about the implications of the films and of the reality of climate change for our own lives. In this sense, discussions may get both political and personal. About the tutor: Peter Krämer is a Senior Research Fellow in Cinema & TV in the Leicester Media School at De Montfort University (Leicester, UK). He also is a Senior Fellow in the School of Art, Media and American Studies at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK). He is the author or editor of twelve books, mainly about Hollywood cinema. He has been a regular guest lecturer at Palacky University Olomouc for several years.
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Topic for Summer 2022/23: Climate Change and the Movies (course is taught in English) Tutor: Peter Krämer (P.Kramer@uea.ac.uk) Format: Six 3-4 hour sessions (on Tuesdays and Fridays) across the following weeks - 17-21 April 2023, 1-5 May 2023 and 8-12 May 2023
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attendance of at least 80%, perfect knowledge of the assigned texts and films, active participation in class, completion of individual and group assignments as assigned |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Film Studies (2019) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Film Studies (2019) | Category: Theory and history of arts | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |