# Introduction to Film studies

- Institution: IIT Madras
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Aysha Iqbal
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106170)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106170)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Course Overview - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/03d8ccd39de4) (Video)
2. [Course Overview - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/0a31cdb9e453) (Video)
3. [Cinema and Semiotics - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/50747a12a29c) (Video)
4. [Cinema and Semiotics - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/ae55ccf14762) (Video)
5. [Cinema and Semiotics - Seven (1995) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/1cf041d59f80) (Video)
6. [Cinema and Semotics - Seven (1995) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/91eedf489128) (Video)
7. [Plot in Cinema - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/98277d8fb729) (Video)
8. [Plot in Cinema - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/e18927526ed2) (Video)
9. [Plot in CInema - 7 primary types of plot](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/8a1e1fc58424) (Video)
10. [Plot in Cinema - Conflict as a Plot Element](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/6fad122e72a7) (Video)
11. [Character as a Plot Element - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/380e4b20d3a6) (Video)
12. [Character as a Plot Element - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/412ed45c85ee) (Video)
13. [Editing in Cinema - (Montage, Jumpcut) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/64122a5e9985) (Video)
14. [Editing in Cinema - (Montage, Jumpcut) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/ea8939b482de) (Video)
15. [Realism in Cinema - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/efcd1e9b2c37) (Video)
16. [Realism in Cinema - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/3f4b6a5ddfc1) (Video)
17. [Colour: Theory and Practice - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/d54d4be2bd21) (Video)
18. [Colour: Theory and Practice - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/8245109b8ee7) (Video)
19. [Intertextuality - Casablanca (1942) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/5b108a0c8a45) (Video)
20. [Intertextuality - Casablanca (1942) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/6bd939526840) (Video)
21. [Intertextuality - Blade Runner (1982) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/d60cd2bcea6d) (Video)
22. [Intertextuality - Blade Runner (1982) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/1f15d5d4ab8e) (Video)
23. [Intertextuality - The Matrix (1999) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/7e5582ab10fc) (Video)
24. [Intertextuality - The Matrix (1999) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/5a08c98cc82f) (Video)
25. [Cinema and Modernism - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/c3f6d82ca80b) (Video)
26. [Cinema and Modernism - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/a2a55cccab12) (Video)
27. [Cinema and Modernism - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/9f42fe79ad94) (Video)
28. [Guest Lecture by Sudhish Kamath (Film Critic and Film Maker)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/97b5d8b3cd16) (Video)
29. [The French Masters - Jean Renoir - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/01cf48c4b506) (Video)
30. [The French Masters - Jean Renoir - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/227d09ceccbe) (Video)
31. [The French Masters - Robert Bresson - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/65bdee3a95e1) (Video)
32. [The French Masters - Robert Bresson - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/4de5b5dcf34d) (Video)
33. [The French Masters - Robert Bresson - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/23f0a3f72bf4) (Video)
34. [What is a Canon?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/9b5c2ab6ac01) (Video)
35. [Canonical Text - Citizen Kane (1941) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/2bc3e4f40f56) (Video)
36. [Canonical Text - Citizen Kane (1941) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/d82db02662b0) (Video)
37. [Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/a644bbd6a810) (Video)
38. [Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/98c1169c10a9) (Video)
39. [Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/90378a5089ed) (Video)
40. [Canonical Text - The Godfather (1972/1974) Part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/9b6a6aadc83e) (Video)
41. [The Academy Awards Case Study - My Left Foot (1989) and Daniel Day-Lewis Method Acting - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/653043a9f228) (Video)
42. [The Academy Awards Case Study - My Left Foot (1989) and Daniel Day-Lewis Method Acting - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/bcad16aaab06) (Video)
43. [Classic Hollywood - Hay's Code, Studio Years, Major Filmmakers - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/d8607e71a466) (Video)
44. [Classic Hollywood - Hay's Code, Studio Years, Major Filmmakers - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/2e74aa4d4811) (Video)
45. [Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/b87fafd0d590) (Video)
46. [Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/ff7fa730038b) (Video)
47. [Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/5e43981269bd) (Video)
48. [Classic Hollywood - Major Filmmakers, Melodrama - Part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/e9e62b824de9) (Video)
49. [German Expressionism, Film Noir Case Study: Laura (1944) and Neo Noir Case Study: Taxi Driver (1976) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/a5d09843b4a2) (Video)
50. [German Expressionism, Film Noir Case Study: Laura (1944) and Neo Noir Case Study: Taxi Driver (1976) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/34ff05105cf2) (Video)
51. [Stars as Icons, Case Study of the Stardom of James Dean and Fandoms - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/68608044c074) (Video)
52. [Stars as Icons, Case Study of the Stardom of James Dean and Fandoms - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/02333211314e) (Video)
53. [Cinema and the Counterculture Movement - Beat Generation, Woodstock Nation, Easy Rider (1968) - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/2e43d3bb29a7) (Video)
54. [Cinema and the Counterculture Movement - Beat Generation, Woodstock Nation, Easy Rider (1968) - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/01cf76f752b9) (Video)
55. [Italian Cinema - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/30ec49dccc89) (Video)
56. [Italian Cinema - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/41e1e2cf7c1a) (Video)
57. [Japanese Cinema - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/7eb2da187040) (Video)
58. [Japanese Cinema - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/8e2bc6b35aaf) (Video)
59. [Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/e92692d97ec6) (Video)
60. [Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/de358ccd259e) (Video)
61. [Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/e599215c0c95) (Video)
62. [Auteur Theory in the USA - Part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/70d42d541d60) (Video)
63. [New Hollywood - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/55103fa40870) (Video)
64. [New Hollywood - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/5b8f7e3977f0) (Video)
65. [New Hollywood - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/678c45a6ca2b) (Video)
66. [New Hollywood - Part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/ab2acbfd3fb3) (Video)
67. [New Hollywood - Part 5](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/3c4e3577c378) (Video)
68. [New Hollywood - Part 6](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/55c1a07ff5f3) (Video)
69. [New Hollywood - Part 7](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/bc06c7f4323e) (Video)
70. [New Hollywood - Part 8](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/b45b6f9dbb17) (Video)
71. [Cinema and Genres - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/736ec6e09c58) (Video)
72. [Cinema and Genres - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/67b09a197437) (Video)
73. [Cinema and Genres - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/91ed5236d649) (Video)
74. [Cinema and Genres - Part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/cf4a5ab4a626) (Video)
75. [Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/d488ca171a26) (Video)
76. [Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/d38c690feed3) (Video)
77. [Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 3](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/f1d53209af39) (Video)
78. [Postmodernism and Cinema - Part 4](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/33178d6de3a1) (Video)
79. [The Western - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/17d64278e32c) (Video)
80. [The Western - Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/e1a2c1e6a3cc) (Video)
81. [Live Session 24-07-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/03d8ccd39de4-2) (Video)
82. [Live Session 14-08-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/0a31cdb9e453-2) (Video)
83. [Live Session 02-09-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106170/50747a12a29c-2) (Video)