Unit information: Film and Television History, 1960 to the present in 2021/22

Unit name	Film and Television History, 1960 to the present
Unit code	FATV20004
Credit points	20
Level of study	I/5
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Dr. Moen
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	none
Co-requisites	none
School/department	Department of Film and Television
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

In this unit students are introduced to the history of film and television from 1960 to the present. Topics may include, but are not limited to: art and experimental cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, documentary, the rise of television, ‘third’ cinema, New Hollywood, contemporary Hollywood, Asian and European cinema, the emergence of digital filmmaking technologies.

Unit aims:

• To introduce students to key ways of approaching, debating and conceptualizing film’s historical changes between 1960 and the present;
• To develop skills in contextualising key films, movements, national cinemas, and genres;
• To develop an understanding of how the medium of film changed through technologies, national and industrial contexts, artistic innovations, and popular reception;
• To develop skills in researching, analyzing, debating and discussing film within historical frameworks;
• To develop communication skills in writing and oral presentation.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. demonstrate knowledge of historical changes in film and television from 1960 to the present in relation to changing genres, aesthetic traditions and forms;

2. locate specific film and television forms and genres within historical contexts;

3. engage critically with the social, cultural and institutional histories that have shaped – and continue to shape – film and television;

4. consider histories of film and television in national, international and global contexts;

5. engage critically with how film and television can be understood within broader concepts and contexts of culture;

6. identify and analyse the ways in which film and television, and their attendant technologies, make possible different kinds of aesthetic effects and forms;

7. evaluate and draw upon a range of sources and historical frameworks appropriate to research;

8. formulate appropriate research questions and employ appropriate methods and resources for exploring them.

Teaching Information

Weekly seminar, lecture, and screenings, supported by self-directed tasks where appropriate.

Assessment Information

10-minute individual presentation (30%, ILOs 1-8) + 3500-word essay (70%, ILOs 1-8)

Resources

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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.