Overview

This unit encourages independent learning and research through the examination of texts drawn from film, television and new media forms. The unit emphasises individual development and the use of peer collaboration to identify and articulate the key concepts and critical debates relevant to the Australian screen. Students will confront and engage with critical positions covering film, television and online screen media and articulate these debates through research and analysis.

Requisites

Prerequisites
MDA10001 Introduction to Media Studies

AND
50 credit points
OR
MDA10018 Content Creator Lab OR JOU10007 Media Content Creation

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Identify the influence of key chronological and contextual events in the development of Australian screen media
  • Analyse the cultural and social impact of Australian screen media in terms of narrative and mise-en-scene
  • Interpret Australian screen texts as they relate to national cinema, and the notion of cultural identity
  • Compose a clear analysis of a feature of Australian screen media through selected readings and screenings
  • Confront a critical feature or debate within the scope of Australian screen media, substantiating a position through effective research and application of critical theories

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class
3.00 12 weeks 36
On-campus
Class
1.00 12 weeks 12
Specified Activities
Various
3.67 12 weeks 44
Unspecified Activities
Various
8.29 7 weeks 58
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Final FolioIndividual 40% 1,2,3,4 
Oral AssessmentIndividual 10% 1,2,3 
Research EssayIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4,5 
Final FolioIndividual 40% 1,2,3,4 
Oral AssessmentIndividual 10% 1,2,3 
Research EssayIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4,5 
Oral AssessmentIndividual 10% 1,2,3 
Research EssayIndividual 50% 1,2,3,4,5 
Visual Diary/JournalIndividual 40% 1,2,3,4 

Content

  • National Cinema Theory
  • Silent Australian Cinema
  • The Rise of Television and the Vincent Report
  • The Film Renaissance
  • The ‘AFC’ Genre and Heritage Cinema
  • Foundation Mythologies
  • Gothic Australian Cinema
  • Australian Comedy
  • Landscape, Language and Australian Screens
  • Film, Television and the Homosocial
  • Global and Post-national Australian Screens

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.