| Unit name | Film Criticism |
|---|---|
| Unit code | FATV30006 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | H/6 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Dr. Pete Falconer |
| 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 | |
| School/department | Department of Film and Television |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Film criticism is a form of communication that addresses films as potential achievements and wishes to convey their distinctiveness and value. What makes this film the film it is? How might we elucidate its qualities or explain its success or failure? In this unit students will study key examples of film criticism and films that pose special challenges for viewer and/or critic. Students will examine, and participate in, the different activities involved in distinguishing and evaluating a film’s specific qualities.
Aims:
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to
(1) account in a critical fashion for their own experiences as a viewer.
(2) critically evaluate films, and defend their evaluations with appropriate evidence.
(3) identify and assess the standards and criteria of evaluation that are employed in the criticism that they read and discuss.
(4) situate critical judgements (both their own, and those of other critics) in relation to appropriate intellectual contexts.
Weekly 2-hour seminar, weekly 3-hour screening.
10 min. individual presentation (30%) ILO 1, 3-4
3000 word essay (70%) ILO 1-2, 4
Presentations will take place in seminar sessions.
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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.
