| Unit name | Contemporary World Cinemas |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FATV30010 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Ryan |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Department of Film and Television |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will examine key trends in contemporary world cinema/s (beyond Hollywood, British, and Western European cinemas) across several geographical places, and/or within one country or region. This will include aspects such as, the exploration of thematic contents, narrative forms and structures, styles and aesthetics, genres and auteurs, along with the impact of digital and internet-based technologies and screening platforms, and changing industrial contexts with reference to national/transnational production. It will also consider world cinema/s in contemporary media and film festival cultures. The unit will explore broader theoretical ways of understanding contemporary world cinema/s, such as their relation to modernity/postmodernity, globalisation, space/place, identity and subjectivity. Students will explore significant films, or a body of films, in relation to key ways of understanding contemporary world cinema/s, developing a specific area of focus in an individual presentation and combining multiple perspectives in a research essay.
Unit Aims:
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and respond to central and emerging trends in contemporary world cinema/s;
2. Analyse films to an advanced level, on the basis of themes, narrative, style and aesthetics, genre and the director as auteur, taking account of changing industrial contexts with reference to national/transnational production, and digital and internet-based technologies and screening platforms;
3. Identify and apply differing theoretical and methodological approaches in the study of contemporary world cinema/s, and respond to the complexities of these;
4. Identify and evaluate pertinent evidence in order to support a cogent argument;
5. Develop an advanced research investigation in the form of a research essay.
10 min. individual presentation (30%) ILO 1, 3-4
3000 word essay (70%) ILO 1-5
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
