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| Unit name |
Film and Television Forms and Analysis |
| Unit code |
DRAM11005 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
C/4
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Maingard |
| Open unit status |
Open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
Year 1 of the course is designed to lay foundations in performance and screen studies, introducing key concepts, theories and approaches. These are supplemented by seminars to focus on critical and textual analysis. In this unit students are introduced to a range of moving image forms and methods of analysis. This unit will develop close analytical skills by considering topics including but not limited to:
- Introduction to film and television narrative
- Cinematography
- Mise-en-scène
- Editing
- Performance
- Sound
- Television
- Genre
- National cinemas
- Postcinematic forms
Lectures, seminars, screenings and online discussions will explore contrasting ways in which elements of film and television forms have been configured in different periods and cultural contexts, in order to establish conceptual vocabularies and theoretical frameworks, which students can use to analyse creatively the complexities of screen media in practice.
- to introduce students to key areas in the study and analysis of the moving image;
- to undertake a close investigation of selected historical and contemporary film and television forms;
- to encourage critical understandings of the crucial components of film and television forms;
- to explore how elements of film and television forms have been configured in different periods and cultural contexts;
- to establish conceptual vocabularies and theoretical frameworks for the creative analysis of the complexities of screen media in practice;
- to introduce a range of approaches to the teaching and learning of film and television formal analysis.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- students will be able to identify key areas in the study and analysis of the moving image;
- students will demonstrate an understanding the issues involved in a close investigation of selected historical and contemporary film and television forms;
- students will demonstrate developing critical understandings of the crucial components of film and television forms;
- students will demonstrate effective exploration of how elements of film and television forms have been configured in different periods and cultural contexts;
- students will deploy conceptual vocabularies and theoretical frameworks in their creative analyses of the dynamics of screen media;
- students will demonstrate developing understandings of the range of approaches to the teaching and learning of film and television formal analysis.
Teaching Information
Blended teaching: 10 x 1hr lectures 10 x 1hr seminars 10 x 2hr screenings Blackboard discussion board exercises, as appropriate.
Assessment Information
1,000-word written exercise (25%); 1,000-word written exercise (25%); 2,000-word essay (50%).
Participation in Blackboard seminar discussion (P/F)
Reading and References
- Bordwell, D. and Thompson, K. (1976 and any subsequent editions), Film Art: an Introduction, New York and London: McGraw-Hill.
- Braudy, L. and Cohen, M. (2004) Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, New York: Oxford University Press.
- Cook, P. (1985 and 1999 editions), The Cinema Book, London, British Film Institute.
- Corrigan, T. (2009) A Short Guide to Writing About Film, London: Longman.
- Gibbs, J. (2001) Mise-en-Scène: Film Style and Interpretation, London: Wallflower.
- Kawin, B. (1992) How Movies Work, Berkeley, L.A. & London: University of California Press.
- Perkins, V. F. (1993) Film as Film, London: Da Capo Press.
