NPTEL : Introduction to Film Studies (2019) (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Dr. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan


Lecture 1 - Course Overview - Part 1

Lecture 2 - Course Overview - Part 2

Lecture 3 - Cinema and Semiotics - Part 1

Lecture 4 - Cinema and Semiotics - Part 2

Lecture 5 - Cinema and Semiotics - Seven (1995) - Part 1

Lecture 6 - Cinema and Semiotics - Seven (1995) - Part 2

Lecture 7 - Plot in Cinema - Part 1

Lecture 8 - Plot in Cinema - Part 2

Lecture 9 - Plot in CInema - 7 primary types of plot

Lecture 10 - Plot in Cinema - Conflict as a Plot Element

Lecture 11 - Character as a Plot Element - Part 1

Lecture 12 - Character as a Plot Element - Part 2

Lecture 13 - Editing in Cinema - (Montage, Jumpcut) - Part 1

Lecture 14 - Editing in Cinema - (Montage, Jumpcut) - Part 2

Lecture 15 - Realism in Cinema - Part 1

Lecture 16 - Realism in Cinema - Part 2

Lecture 17 - Colour: Theory and Practice - Part 1

Lecture 18 - Colour: Theory and Practice - Part 2

Lecture 19 - Intertextuality - Casablanca (1942) - Part 1

Lecture 20 - Intertextuality - Casablanca (1942) - Part 2

Lecture 21 - Intertextuality - Blade Runner (1982) - Part 1

Lecture 22 - Intertextuality - Blade Runner (1982) - Part 2

Lecture 23 - Intertextuality - The Matrix (1999) - Part 1

Lecture 24 - Intertextuality - The Matrix (1999) - Part 2

Lecture 25 - Cinema and Modernism - Part 1

Lecture 26 - Cinema and Modernism - Part 2

Lecture 27 - Cinema and Modernism - Part 3

Lecture 28 - Guest Lecture by Sudhish Kamath (Film Critic and Film Maker)

Lecture 29 - The French Masters - Jean Renoir - Part 1

Lecture 30 - The French Masters - Jean Renoir - Part 2

Lecture 31 - The French Masters - Robert Bresson - Part 1

Lecture 32 - The French Masters - Robert Bresson - Part 2

Lecture 33 - The French Masters - Robert Bresson - Part 3

Lecture 34 - What is a Canon?

Lecture 35 - Canonical Text - Citizen Kane (1941) - Part 1

Lecture 36 - Canonical Text - Citizen Kane (1941) - Part 2

Lecture 37 - Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 1

Lecture 38 - Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 2

Lecture 39 - Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 3

Lecture 40 - Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 4

Lecture 41 - The Academy Awards Case Study - My Left Foot (1989) and Daniel Day-Lewis Method Acting - Part 1

Lecture 42 - The Academy Awards Case Study - My Left Foot (1989) and Daniel Day-Lewis Method Acting - Part 2

Lecture 43 - Classic Hollywood - Hay’s Code, Studio Years, Major Filmmakers - Part 1

Lecture 44 - Classic Hollywood - Hay’s Code, Studio Years, Major Filmmakers - Part 2

Lecture 45 - Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 1

Lecture 46 - Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 2

Lecture 47 - Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 3

Lecture 48 - Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 4

Lecture 49 - German Expressionism, Film Noir Case Study: Laura (1944) and Neo Noir Case Study: Taxi Driver (1976) - Part 1

Lecture 50 - German Expressionism, Film Noir Case Study: Laura (1944) and Neo Noir Case Study: Taxi Driver (1976) - Part 2

Lecture 51 - Stars as Icons, Case Study of the Stardom of James Dean and Fandoms - Part 1

Lecture 52 - Stars as Icons, Case Study of the Stardom of James Dean and Fandoms - Part 2

Lecture 53 - Cinema and the Counterculture Movement - Beat Generation, Woodstock Nation, Easy Rider (1968) - Part 1

Lecture 54 - Cinema and the Counterculture Movement - Beat Generation, Woodstock Nation, Easy Rider (1968) - Part 2

Lecture 55 - Italian Cinema - Part 1

Lecture 56 - Italian Cinema - Part 2

Lecture 57 - Japanese Cinema - Part 1

Lecture 58 - Japanese Cinema - Part 2

Lecture 59 - Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 1

Lecture 60 - Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 2

Lecture 61 - Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 3

Lecture 62 - Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 4

Lecture 63 - New Hollywood - Part 1

Lecture 64 - New Hollywood - Part 2

Lecture 65 - New Hollywood - Part 3

Lecture 66 - New Hollywood - Part 4

Lecture 67 - New Hollywood - Part 5

Lecture 68 - New Hollywood - Part 6

Lecture 69 - New Hollywood - Part 7

Lecture 70 - New Hollywood - Part 8

Lecture 71 - Cinema and Genres - Part 1

Lecture 72 - Cinema and Genres - Part 2

Lecture 73 - Cinema and Genres - Part 3

Lecture 74 - Cinema and Genres - Part 4

Lecture 75 - Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 1

Lecture 76 - Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 2

Lecture 77 - Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 3

Lecture 78 - Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 4

Lecture 79 - The Western - Part 1

Lecture 80 - The Western - Part 2