Film Appreciation and Criticism
Brief Description
Film Appreciation and Criticism is the next step after simply watching a film for entertainment or stress-relieving purposes. This involves some amount of time thinking and discussing what one just saw. Through this process, a film will never take on one uniform meaning as discussions about a film raise different perspectives.
This course is designed to navigate around the field of film and cinema. The workshop involves analysis of films from different vantage points like entertainment, artistry, politics, and culture. It also includes exercises as to which the workshopper can cultivate the skill and habit of reading films and making meaning out of it.
Course Outline
• Viewing and reading a film
• Various film interpretation
• Film as art, entertainment, propaganda & culture
• Power of film and cinema
• Film and society
About the Facilitator
Prof. Patrick Campos has been a long-time faculty of the U.P. Film Institute and has taught film and communication courses since 2001. He has also authored several film, media, and communication book chapters like “The Philippine-American Contact, the Politics of memory, and End(s) of Cinematic Experimentation” & “Noli Me Tangere on Television” and co-edited the book Communication and Media Theories with Rolando Tolentino, Randy Solis, and Choy Pangilinan. He has also facilitated a handful of film workshops and seminars.
