Screen Studies: Movies Television and Ourselves
Duration
- 1 semester/teaching period
Contact hours
- 48 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Prerequisites
50 CP
Corequisites
Nil
Aims and objectives
· Introduce students to the major concepts and key debates in screen studies.
· Provide students with the critical tools necessary to analyse a screen text.
· Develop an understanding of the histories and structures of screen industries with a particular emphasis on cinema and television.
· Facilitate greater student awareness of the relationship between screen texts, genre and society.
On successful completion of this unit we expect that students will:
· Critically analyse screen texts
· Relate specific film and television texts, as well as wider genres, to broader social contextsIdentify the relationship between screen theory and practice
· Discuss screen texts informed by a developed knowledge of theory, history and style
Courses with unit
From Semester 1 2017 this unit will be replaced by MDA10003 Screen Studies: Movies Television and OurselvesUnit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
3 hour lecture (plus screening), 1 hour tutorial.
Assessment
- Screening Analysis Sheets (20%) 500 words (weekly journal)
- Close Textual Analysis (20%) 1000 words
- Genre Analysis (30%) 2,000 words
- Auteur Analysis (30%) 2,000 words
General skills outcomes
Graduates will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge, conceptual understanding and expertise in the field of cinema and screen studies.
2. Formulate arguments that draw on and critique the differences between relevant theories and evidence as they pertain to the field of cinema and screen studies.
2. Formulate arguments that draw on and critique the differences between relevant theories and evidence as they pertain to the field of cinema and screen studies.
3. Exercise initiative and judgment in planning, problem solving and decision making in scholarship, alone and in collaboration with others.
4. Demonstrate a capacity for critical analysis, creativity and problem-solving in relation to a range of screen texts.
5. Recognise and reflect on social, cultural, and ethical issues relating to screen and screen industries in local and international contexts.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of audience through the capacity to interpret and communicate ideas, problems and arguments in a range of screen contexts.
7. Reflect critically on their own scholarship and use this to improve their own creative and productive outcomes.
8. Demonstrate a critical understanding of and the capacity to apply screen research methodologies.
Content
This unit introduces students to the major concepts in screen studies, including: form and style, industry histories as well as the relationship between film, television, genre and society. Through weekly lectures, screenings and tutorials students will develop the skills to critically analyse screen texts, relate specific examples and genres to broader social contexts, and understand the relationship between theory and practice. Ultimately, students will be able to analyse screen texts informed by a developed knowledge of history, theory and style. By completing this unit, students will be well placed to continue screen studies at an advanced level in the 3rd-year unit, Global Screen Studies: Research and Analysis.
· Form and Style
· Adaptation and Medium Specificity
· Adaptation and Medium Specificity
· Defining Genre
· Genre and context
· Animation
· The Film Industry
· The Television Industry
· Screen Performers
· Screen Authors
· National Screen Cultures
· Screen in the Digital Age Realism and the Screen
· National Screen Cultures
· Screen in the Digital Age
· Realism and the Screen
· Screen in the Digital Age
· Realism and the Screen
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Refer to your Unit Outline for textbooks and reading materials.