School of Communications
Film Studies

ANTHROPOLOGY Catalog Code 4HU160
Total Course Hours: 36
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Representation systems. Symbolic Systems. Ethnocentrism. Symbolic systems in both the world and Brazilian realities.

HISTORY OF ART I Catalog Code 4HU161
Total Course Hours: 36
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Art as a social expression through historic events. Modern and contemporary art trends. Brazilian art trends.

IMAGE ANALYSIS I Catalog Code 4HU162
Total Course Hours: 36
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Image theories. Concepts for the visual speech analysis. Building the visual speech.

PORTUGUESE I Catalog Code 4HU163
Total Course Hours: 36
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Verbal communication process (oral and writing). Formal Portuguese language patterns. Literature in Portuguese language.

COMMUNICATION THEORY I Catalog Code 4HU164
Total Course Hours: 72
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Communication and Semiotics. General Theory of Signs. Applied art, communication and technology.

SOCIOLOGY Catalog Code 4HU165
Total Course Hours: 36
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Classical Sociological Theories. Elements for the scientific analysis of society: Social Structure, Social Classes and Institutions and Social Changes.

CREATIVITY Catalog Code 4HU166
Total Course Hours: 36
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Creative techniques and procedures. Use of the potential individual creator. Applied creative processes.

CAMERA AND LIGHTING WORKSHOP Catalog Number 4CN160
Total Course Hours:  72
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Camera assistance technique and practicality. Camera and lighting equipment manipulation.

ARGUMENT I Catalog Code 4CN161
Total Course Hours: 36
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Visual narrative theory and practicality. From literary to film narrative. Literary, theatrical, film and television dramaturgies.

ADVERTISING FILM I Catalog Code 4CN162
Total Course Hours: 72
First Semester Course

SUMMARY
Film and video in the advertising and institutional production. Introducing advertising film production and direction.

MARKET AND COMMUNICATION Catalog Code 4HU260
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Market as a structural reality of society and advanced capitalism. The impact of its reality in social communication. Communication as a product. Supply and demand sophistication. Market technologies in communication.

HISTORY OF ART II Catalog Code 4HU261
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Art as social expression through historic events and esthetic ruptures. Contemporary art trends and Brazilian art perspectives.

IMAGE ANALYSIS II Catalog Code 4HU262
Department: CORE Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Image theories. Building the visual speech. Case analysis.

PORTUGUESE II Catalog Code 4HU263
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Formal Portuguese language patterns. National Literature. The language in the mass communication.

COMMUNICATION THEORY II Catalog Code 4HU264
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Communication and Semiotics. The poetical out of the poem. Applied art, communication and technology.

COMMUNICATION SOCIOLOGY Catalog Code 4HU265
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Sociological theories of communication. Elements for the analysis of the communication phenomenon. The symbolic universe of societies.

CULTURAL STUDIES Catalog Code 4HU266
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
The subject aims at the discussion of the new role culture is playing today, its projection in the medias, its role defining individual and collective identities and articulating through different social spheres.

APPLIED ANIMATION Catalog Code 4CN260
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Developing script and animation for cinema and applying it to other medias.

ARGUMENT II Catalog Code 4CN261
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Visual narrative theory and practicality. From literary to cinema narrative. Character construction. Dialogues. Cinema adaptation.

ACTOR DIRECTION Catalog Code 4CN262
Department: CORE Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Theory and practicality on directing movie actors.

PRODUCTION DIRECTION Catalog Code 4CN263
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Administration techniques in the filming set. Script Découpage and analysis and organization of the production map.

VIDEO I Catalog Code 4CN264
Total Course Hours: 36
Second Semester Course

SUMMARY
Video language and its development. Basic principles of the video narrative’s development and dramatization.

EPISTEMOLOGY IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION Catalog Code 4HU360
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Communication as a specific Field of study: contextualization, interdisciplinary contribution and the paradigms in the process of acquisition. Communication studies methodologies, research projects elaboration. Different ways of collecting and analyzing data for the research in communication.

PHILOSOPHY Catalog Code 4HU361
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Analysis of the great Idea systems in the historical and conceptual points with emphasis on the main chains of contemporary thought.

ESTHETICS Catalog Code 4HU362
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Esthetics Classical Theories. Esthetic phenomenon and mass culture. Esthetic interpretations of the industrial culture. Elements for the esthetic analysis.

PORTUGUESE III Catalog Code 4HU363
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Uses of Portuguese language in mass communication. Elements for the speech analysis. Linguistics.

COMMUNICATION THEORY III Catalog Code 4HU364
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
The different approaches of the communication process. Different control and manipulation mechanisms in using of the means of communication.

FILM HISTORY I Catalog Code 4CN360
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Film production in the historic context, involving technical aspects, language and socio-economical aspects.

LEGISLATION Catalog Code 4CN361
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Brazilian film legislation. Copyrights. Syndical legislation. Incentive laws.

SCRIPT I Catalog Code 4CN362
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Theory and practicality when constructing scripts. Plans nomenclature and value. Plan language. Time and space in script construction.

CINEMATOGRAPHY I Catalog Code 4CN363
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Photography and lighting for still. Using the photographic camera. Framings. Stationary photography.

VIDEO II Catalog Code 4CN364
Total Course Hours: 36
Third Semester Course

SUMMARY
Experimental video. Developing the experimental video. Video art.

CULTURAL POLITICS AND MEDIA
Catalog Code 4HU462
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Relation between politics and culture, highlighting its antinomies and attunements in the social historical context of ideas, arts and communications.

COMMUNICATION PHILOSOPHY
Catalog Code 4HU461
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
The contemporary Men’s conditions analysis, emphasizing on moral, social, philosophic and communication aspects.

LITERATURE AND DRAMATURGY
Catalog Code 4HU460
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Reading and analysis of literary texts. Theory of Genres. Literature and society. Literary texts’ principles of composition. Establishes a repertoire of the great classics of universal non-national literature, which’s objective is to present raw materials for both world comprehension (literature as hermeneutics and world critics) and literary critique practice.

COMMUNICATION AND HYPERMEDIA
Catalog Code 4HU463
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Hypermedia language and the diversity of digital means. Concepts related to hypermedia. Development of virtual communities as well as social networks and its applicability in the communication field.

PSYCHOLOGY
Catalog Code 4HU464
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Psychology’s elements and concepts that are susceptible to application in the Communications field.

CINEMATOGRAPHY II
Catalog Code 4CN463
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Photography and lighting for film and video. Manipulating the cinematographic camera. Framings. Dinamic photography.

FILM HISTORY II
Catalog Code 4CN462
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Film production in the historic context, involving technical aspects, language and socio-economic aspects.

DIRECTION AND CONTINUITY ASSISTANCE
Catalog Code 4CN460
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Filming theory and practicality. Direction assistance. Film continuity.

SCRIPT II
Catalog Code 4CN464
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Theory and practicality in the film scrip construction. Studying and creating the technical script. Dividing the script between sequences, scenes and plans.

SOUND DIRECTION
Catalog Code 4CN461
Total Course Hours: 36
Fourth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Integrating sounds into the film. Sound caption environment. Types of recorders. Special microphones.

COMPARED COMMUNICATION
Catalog Code 4HU560
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Communication and society. Languages and symbols. Esthetics and technology.

INTERNATIONAL GEOPOLITICS
Catalog Code 4HU561
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Space and Power. Conflicts, transformations and challenges of the contemporary world. Economy, society and culture identities towards globalization.

BRAZILIAN SOCIAL THEORIES
Catalog Code 4HU562
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Colonial Brazil. Development of Modern Brazil. Nation-State. National Identity. Sociological, historical and cultural analysis.

COMMUNICATION PSYCHOLOGY
Catalog Code 4HU563
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Psychological theories. Elements and concepts of psychology susceptible to application in the Communication field. Developing the receiver’s “imaginary” through the “Discursive Practices and Production of Senses” theory. Advertisement and consumer psychology.

SCENOGRAPHY
Catalog Code 4CN560
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Guidance and instrumentation for practicing filming exercises. Scene direction; interpretation; production. Photography and lighting direction.

BRAZILIAN FILMS I
Catalog Code 4CN561
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Brazilian film production in the historic context, involving technical aspects, language and socio-economic aspects.

FILM DIRECTION
Catalog Code 4CN562
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Filming theory and practicality. Organizing the filming set. Production. Scene direction.

CINEMATOGRAPHY III
Catalog Code 4CN563
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Photography and lighting for film and video. Manipulating the cinematographic camera. Framings. Dinamic photography.

FILM HISTORY III
Catalog Code 4CN564
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Film production in the historic context, involving technical aspects, language and socio-economic aspects.

IMAGE EDITING
Catalog Code 4CN565
Total Course Hours: 36
Fifth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Editing and montage techniques. Developing the film language. Dramatic, constructive and intellectual montage.

FILM ANALYSIS Catalog Code 4CN656
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
A study of film aesthetics and different trends.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course analyzes film trends in aesthetic terms, drawing on the discourse of various authors and thinkers. This information will better prepare students to undertake future projects.

ANIMATION Catalog Code 4CN651
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Classic animation techniques; the effects of an animation desk; illustration techniques; frame-by-frame animation.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course teaches students all the animation techniques used in film production.

SET DESIGN Catalog Code 4CN650
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Set design for video and film; planning; instructions for set design; location shooting.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course introduces students to set design for film and television and to the various job opportunities available in this field.

BRAZILIAN FILM III Catalog Code 4CN652
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
A historical approach to film production, addressing technical, linguistic, economic and social aspects. New trends in filmmaking.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course examines the obstacles faced by Brazilian film in the 1960s and 1970s, drawing a parallel to the historical situation at the time.

COMPARATIVE COMMUNICATION II Catalog Code 4BA650
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Communication and society; languages and symbols; aesthetics and technology; cultural policies.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course addresses modern communication (20th and 21st century), relating it to cultural policies in the area of sexual mores, scientific and technological innovation and modern and post-modern aesthetics.

SOUND DIRECTION Catalog Code 4CN654
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
The use of direct sound in film; the best environment for sound recording; types of recording equipment; special microphones.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course will teach students the complete sound editing process, from sound recording to the final copy. Students will be provided with all the theoretical and hands-on knowledge they need to record sound for a film at the end of the semester.

FILM AND LAW Catalog Code 4CN655
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Legislation in Brazil related to film; copyright; labor laws; incentive laws; ethics.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course will introduce students to the main laws dealing with film and the audiovisual field. They will also learn about professional relationships and their legal implications. The course encourages students to discuss ethics in the audiovisual field.

FILMMAKING: DIRECTION AND LIGHTING Catalog Code 4CN653
Total Course Hours: 72
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
This course provides students with guidance and the required tools for film production; scene directing; acting; production; photography and lighting direction.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course teaches students how to produce a film by providing all the required equipment: a camera and its accessories, blank film, lighting, sound equipment. Assistance on set design and location shooting is also provided. Initially, students will be asked to write a script under the guidance of direction and photography professors. Afterward, they will proceed to editing and sound recording with the assistance of the professors in charge of these subjects. At the end of the course, students submit a film or an electronic version of their projects.

SYSTEMS OF COMMUNICATION Catalog Code 4BA651
Total Course Hours: 36
Sixth Semester Course

SUMMARY
The systems of communication in relation to social, economic and political processes; the resistance to globalization and the repercussions of this phenomenon.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
The course addresses the psychological and social effects of globalized communication and the globalized economic system, i.e., the development of specific behavior which reveals the gradual processes of acceptance and resistance to the American way of life.

BRAZILIAN FILM IV Catalog Code 4CN752
Total Course Hours: 36
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
A historical approach to film production in Brazil. addressing technical, linguistic, economic and social aspects. Production and the government.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course analyzes the history of film production in Brazil. Students will analyze technical and linguistic aspects from an economic and social perspective, as well as the role of government in film production in Brazil.

COMPUTER GRAPHICS Catalog Code 4CN751
Total Course Hours: 36
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Animation using computer graphics; animation techniques; using animation programs for finishing.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By drawing a comparison to classic film production, this course illustrates the advantages of using computer graphics. Divided into groups of five, students will be asked to produce a professional-like animation film: script, planning, story board, animation, filleting, scanning, final art, table top. In brief, this course introduces students to digital film.

URBAN PLANNING PROJECT V Catalog Code: 7PR602
Total Course Hours: 45
Sixth Semester Course
SUMMARY
The development of an urban space project: formulation, evaluation and adoption of renovation/preservation proposals within the city.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The perception and understanding of multiple aspects that determine the production of urban space illustrates the responsibility of the architect in this process.

ART DIRECTION Catalog Code 4CN756
Total Course Hours: 36
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Set design; props; designing the visual appearance of the film.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course introduces students to art direction in film and the various job opportunities available in this field.

FILM DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION Catalog Code 4CN750
Total Course Hours: 36
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
The Brazilian market for film distribution and exhibition; trade practices; the exhibition contract; the distributor’s role as mediator; problems of the film trade.   

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course explores the key role that distribution and exhibition play in film production. By analyzing the film sale process, the course provides students with the basics for understanding the film industry system, demonstrating that the final product is exhibition of the film, and not the film itself.

SOUND DESIGN AND EDITING Catalog Code 4CN754
Total Course Hours: 72
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
How to finish a film and add the audio tracks; dubbing and sound design techniques; magnetic transcription; mixing; optic transcription.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course teaches students film finishing techniques, editing, recorded and sound design edition.

MUSIC FOR FILM Catalog Code 4CN757
Total Course Hours: 36
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Creating and adding soundtracks to films; original score composition; adapting music for film.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
Students will be trained to distinguish among the various musical instruments used throughout the history of music by different aesthetic schools and trends. This course develops students’ ability to analyze the musical repertoire to be used on a television or radio program. After learning the basics of musical notation and its variations in the 20th century, they will also be able to associate style and instrumental combinations, analyzing contemporary musical production, particularly in the mass media.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION Catalog Code 4CN755
Total Course Hours: 72
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
The organization of the executive production; raising funds; production on the film set; production budget; production maps.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By developing a project for a short subject or feature-length film, students will understand the key role of the producer, whether an assistant or executive producer, in film production. Students will work on the pre-production of the film they develop in the following semester.

FILMMAKING TECHNIQUES AND SPECIAL EFFECTS
Catalog Code 4CN753
Total Course Hours: 36
Seventh Semester Course

SUMMARY
Filmmaking techniques and special effects for film and video; finishing a film; filming the credits.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course introduces students to special visual effects and post-production for film and video.

PLOT OUTLINE AND SCRIPT – UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT
Catalog Code 4CN852
Total Course Hours: 72
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Guidance for story development; production tools; shooting a film; directing actors and scenes.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course provides film students with all the theory and tools they need to develop their final course project. Divided into groups, students will create a 16 or 35-mm short subject of approximately 10 minutes.  Before shooting the short subject, students will be given the necessary artistic guidance, especially regarding drama, production and direction. They will be supervised throughout the production process.

SCENE DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION – UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT
Catalog Code 4CN854
Total Course Hours: 36
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Guidance on recording, sound and film editing.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course provides students with technical and theoretical resources for carrying out their 16 or 35mm final year short subject film.

FINISHING TECHNIQUES IN FILMMAKING – UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT
Catalog Code 4CN851
Total Course Hours: 36
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Finishing techniques; filming of credits; a practical approach to projects.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
Guidance for the undergraduate project; solutions for producing and finishing films.

FILM PHOTOGRAPHY AND LIGHTING – UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT Catalog Code 4CN853
Total Course Hours: 72
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Photography, lighting and camera as filmmaking tools.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course guides students through their undergraduate project, advising them on lighting, equipment choice and photography direction.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION – UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT Catalog Code 4CN855
Total Course Hours: 72
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Production of the short subject film for the undergraduate project; filming schedule; supervision on the film set; post-production; completion of a short feature.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course guides students through their undergraduate project, advising them on the production schedule and supervising them during the filming and post-production of the short feature.

SOUND DESIGN AND EDITING – UNDERGRADUATE PROJECT
Catalog Code 4CN850
Total Course Hours: 72
Eighth Semester Course

SUMMARY
Film recording; sound designing; mixing and editing.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
This course provides film students with the knowledge required to develop a short feature in 16 or 35-mm format for their undergraduate project.