നാടകവും സിനിമാപഠനവും
നാടകം, സിനിമ എന്നിവ ചെലുത്തുന്ന സ്വാധീനം
S3/P4C-DRAMA & FILM STUDIES
Drama
Unit – I:Translations from Sanskrit and Tamil - Prahasana - C.V.Raman Pillai, E.V. Krishna Pillai, M.G. Keavapillai,N.P. Chellappan nair and others, Drama of social reforms: V.T. Bhattathirippade, M.P. Bhattathirippade, M.R.B
Unit – II: Historical Drama - Kainikkara Kumara Pillai, Poojappura Krishnan Nair. Problem Play: N.Krishna Pillai, Cherukade, T.n. Gopinathan Nair, C.J. Thomas and others, Socio Political theme - Edassery, Thoppil Bhasi, N.N. Pillai, K.T. Muhammed, etc.
Unit – III: Experimental approaches - G. Sankara Pillai, Kavalam Narayanapanickar, Narendra Prasad, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
Modern trends: P.M.Taj, P. Balachandran, N. Prabhakaran, N. Sasidharan, E.P. Rajagopal, K.J.Baby
Film Studies
Unit – IV: Introduction to World Cinema - History - Evolution of cinema – Lumiere Brothers - Georges Melis – Film language of Griffith – Montage – Sergi Eisenstein – Battleship Potemkin – Mise-en-scene Theories – Vsevolod Pudovkin – Andre Bazin – Francois Truffaut – Godard - Film technology – basic concepts – editing – camera angle – sound – lighting – kinds of shots and meaning.
Introduction to Malayalam Cinema - History of Malayalam Cinema - Influence of Tamil music dramas - Vigathakumaran - Balan - News paper boy.
Unit – V: Classification of movies, Art movies – Commercial movies – trends – characteristics – directors and screenplays - P.N. Menon, M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Sasikumar, Aravindan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shaji N. Karun, T.V. Chandran, Padmarajan, Bharathan, K.G. George, John Abraham, Priyadarshan, Sibi Malayil, Sathyan Anthikkad, Sreenivasan, Ranjith
Unit – II: Historical Drama - Kainikkara Kumara Pillai, Poojappura Krishnan Nair. Problem Play: N.Krishna Pillai, Cherukade, T.n. Gopinathan Nair, C.J. Thomas and others, Socio Political theme - Edassery, Thoppil Bhasi, N.N. Pillai, K.T. Muhammed, etc.
Unit – III: Experimental approaches - G. Sankara Pillai, Kavalam Narayanapanickar, Narendra Prasad, Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
Modern trends: P.M.Taj, P. Balachandran, N. Prabhakaran, N. Sasidharan, E.P. Rajagopal, K.J.Baby
Film Studies
Unit – IV: Introduction to World Cinema - History - Evolution of cinema – Lumiere Brothers - Georges Melis – Film language of Griffith – Montage – Sergi Eisenstein – Battleship Potemkin – Mise-en-scene Theories – Vsevolod Pudovkin – Andre Bazin – Francois Truffaut – Godard - Film technology – basic concepts – editing – camera angle – sound – lighting – kinds of shots and meaning.
Introduction to Malayalam Cinema - History of Malayalam Cinema - Influence of Tamil music dramas - Vigathakumaran - Balan - News paper boy.
Unit – V: Classification of movies, Art movies – Commercial movies – trends – characteristics – directors and screenplays - P.N. Menon, M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Sasikumar, Aravindan, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shaji N. Karun, T.V. Chandran, Padmarajan, Bharathan, K.G. George, John Abraham, Priyadarshan, Sibi Malayil, Sathyan Anthikkad, Sreenivasan, Ranjith
Special reference: Kodiyettam by Adoor Gopalakrishanan – Dani by T V Chandran - Sargam by Hariharan – Mazhathullikkilukkam by Akbar Jose, Sensibility changes - New wave movies - New generation movies – trends - Popular culture – stardom – technological changes – spectatorship – film society – film festivals