Film Appreciation with Robert Furze
8 Monday Evenings: 17th Oct - 12th Dec
Taught by Robert Furze of DCU, the course will cover a wide array of topics spanning the fascinating history of film. From Hitchcock to Eisenstein, from cinema's earliest days to the arrival of digital technology via New European cinema and the Horror film - the course is a must for anyone with a genuine desire to deepen their understanding of cinematic grammar.
Topics to include:
- Early cinema and the importance of film history
- The birth of an art-form: editing and cinematography
- Stories: how Hollywood tells them
- Alternatives to the mainstream: indie cinema and the avant-garde
- Auteur Theory: a case study of Hitchcock
- Genre Theory: the modern Horror film from Night of the Living Dead to Let the Right One In
- New European cinema: the political and the social
- Into the Future: new technologies and digital cinema
Tutor: Robert Furze
Dates: 17th Oct - 12th Dec (No class on October Bank Holiday)
Time: Monday evenings from 7 - 10pm
Cost: €180 waged / €150 unwaged (Deposit: €50)
NB Filmbase Membership is NOT required for this course
Some Feedback from past students:
'The course exceeded my expectations; there was a great range of topics - I really enjoyed every week'.
'Robert was excellent!'
'Robert is an encyclopaedia of film! He made the class very interesting and enjoyable.'
'..on a level that we could understand, more of the same!'
Tutor: Robert Furze
Dr Robert Furze completed his BA degree in Histories of Modern Art, Architecture and Film at Sheffield Hallam University, and his MA in Film and Television Studies at Dublin City University, both with first class honours, as well as just completing his Ph.D at DCU. He lectures undergraduate and postgraduate students at DCU on Analysing the Media, the Social Applications of Film, and Science Fiction Cinema and has supervised a number of MA students working on film and multimedia theses. He is about to publish his Ph.D research The Visceral Screen: between the cinemas of John Cassavetes and David Cronenberg.
BOOKING INFORMATION
Payment/Booking:
To book a place on any of these courses please contact Filmbase reception in person or call on 01 679 6716. Filmbase Reception opening hours 9.30am - 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.
VISA, MasterCard, Laser, company or personal cheque, cash (all in Euros) are all acceptable terms of payment.
Course Cancellation Policy:
If notice is received at least (i) 14 days in advance of the class, the Customer is entitled to a full refund, (ii) 7 days of the class, the customer is entitled to a full class credit which must be used within 3 months of the date of the original class to another class offered by Filmbase. Customer is not entitled to a refund or class credit if less than 7 day advance notice is given. Failure to provide notice at least 14 days in advance of the class obligates the Customer to pay the full price of the class.
Filmbase reserves the right to amend or cancel the date, time and location of a Training class including replacing the personnel who may be scheduled to deliver the Training. In the event a Training class is cancelled, the customer is entitled to a full refund. Filmbase shall not be responsible for any other loss incurred by Customer as a result of a cancellation or amendment.
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