# Film Appreciation

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Aysha Viswamohan
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106086)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106086)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The course focuses on helping the participants to appreciate cinema by understanding its distinct language, its narrative complexity and the way films control and stimulate our thoughts and feelings. Through various examples from Indian and international cinema, the course will explain how cinema as a visual medium, engages with us in constructing meaning.

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Any Interested Learners

## Lectures

1. [Lecture 1: Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/cbe4476dbe3c) (YouTube)
2. [Key Concepts: Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/9cd432b4cbca) (YouTube)
3. [Key Concepts: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/d8da030573d7) (YouTube)
4. [Lecture: Film Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/65e88a4f524d) (YouTube)
5. [Lecture: Genre Theory](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/78f87467c3e3) (YouTube)
6. [Traditions in World Cinema : Lecture: German Expressionism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/3ce17fd6afe2) (YouTube)
7. [Lecture: Italian New-Realism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/6eefdb2214c9) (YouTube)
8. [Lecture: French New Wave](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/4d0392377a93) (YouTube)
9. [Lecture: Spanish Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/9658a8ffcf04) (YouTube)
10. [Lecture: British New Wave](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/a1e98e7555d1) (YouTube)
11. [Lecture: Chinese Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/7ecdd2a1a7ca) (YouTube)
12. [Action Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/3759bbd22b7b) (YouTube)
13. [Lecture: Deewar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/7f85305b285c) (YouTube)
14. [Aspects of Cinema: Melodrama](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/e208667a3791) (YouTube)
15. [Formalism in Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/022cb3a68ce7) (YouTube)
16. [The Language of Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/ec895166a708) (YouTube)
17. [Devdas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/9953faa073ee) (YouTube)
18. [City Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/38c19136e16a) (YouTube)
19. [The Semiotics of Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/d4c91aab6c23) (YouTube)
20. [Raging Bull](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/48ed7a424c14) (YouTube)
21. [Robert Bresson](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/44c17c597e23) (YouTube)
22. [Studio Cinema: Part -1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/158414bc2659) (YouTube)
23. [Studio Cinema: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/a7cc71a6fbc5) (YouTube)
24. [New Hollywood Cinema: Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/62e0a5b813c5) (YouTube)
25. [New Hollywood Cinema: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/3abd1b353eea) (YouTube)
26. [History of Hindi Cinema: Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/3959d1a5d2a8) (YouTube)
27. [History of Hindi Cinema: Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/3e0ade074d4c) (YouTube)
28. [History of Hindi Cinema: Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/7f723a1da0b0) (YouTube)
29. [Ideology in Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/ce8501e381e0) (YouTube)
30. [Character in Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/a2fa20b6dc00) (YouTube)
31. [Mythological Cinema in India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/8ab9bf7ca081) (YouTube)
32. [The Cinema of Satyajit Ray](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/7689ad5c370f) (YouTube)
33. [Hindi Film Music](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/7fb3e2573799) (YouTube)
34. [WORLD CINEMA : The Hollywood musicals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/d037ab0761c8) (YouTube)
35. [WORLD CINEMA : African cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/68879534d035) (YouTube)
36. [WORLD CINEMA : Iranian cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/decd208de23c) (YouTube)
37. [WORLD CINEMA : Canadian Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/4f79068fcf07) (YouTube)
38. [WORLD CINEMA : Eastern European Cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/9cef9ff9062e) (YouTube)
39. [WORLD CINEMA : European Cinema Hungary, Sweden, Greece](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/9965f5f39354) (YouTube)
40. [Postmodernism and cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/5e8b0133ead3) (YouTube)
41. [Small towns in cinema](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/bf953bf87c5d) (YouTube)
42. [Film sequels, remakes and cult films](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/110b15fae983) (YouTube)
43. [Parallel Cinema From India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106086/defccd4f2794) (YouTube)