ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹û

Please note this module will run at ÐÂÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûEast in StratfordÌý from 2024/25

Ìý

Undergraduate

Module Content

Cinema is an international art-form and storytelling medium. The aim of this course, offered under the BASc Cultures rubric at Undergraduate Level 5, is to provide an overview of important national cinemas and film movements that emerged following the Second World War.Ìý

The course will make you aware of the leading international film movements of the second half the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. Throughout the course you will learn about key directors of different national cinemas, developments in film aesthetics and cinematic language, narrative and storytelling techniques, genre and other film forms.Ìý

The course will engage in discussions around film as an art form, as entertainment, as an expression of social life, as a strategic political tool and as a global industry. We do this by looking at two films each week- one viewed in class one in own time, and discussing them in detail in the seminar. In addition to the screenings and teaching sessions, students are expected to do some reading every week round the topics as they emerge.Ìý

Ìý

Indicative Topics

The course will cover important developments in international cinema. These will include Chinese film classics, Italian neorealism, New Waves in France and Britain, India’s Parallel cinema, Third Cinema in Latin America and Africa and Post-revolutionary Iranian films. It will investigate different approaches to cinematic style such as classic narrative and counter cinema, political motivations, human psychology, spirituality and gender and sexuality. We will also look at developments in the global film industry and their cultural impacts.Ìý

Ìý

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, learners should be able to:Ìý

• acquire important background knowledge concerning the cultural and political context of international film production.ÌýÌý
• be introduced to key films in film history and understand the way that different cinemas have been viewed and critiqued.ÌýÌý
• learn how to evaluate and write about cinema in an academic manner.Ìý

Ìý

Indicative Delivery Method

• Film screening: two hours.
• Teaching session: two hours 30 minutes to 1 hour max.
• Seminar: 1,5 hour max
• Private screening of another film: two hours in your own time.

Ìý

Postgraduate

Cinema is an international art-form and storytelling medium. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of important national cinemas and film movements that emerged following the Second World War.Ìý

The course will make you aware of the leading international film movements of the second half the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. Throughout the course you will learn about key directors of different national cinemas, developments in film aesthetics and cinematic language, narrative and storytelling techniques, genre and other film forms.Ìý

The course will engage in discussions around film as an art form, as entertainment, as an expression of social life, as a strategic political tool and as a global industry. We do this by looking at two films each week- one viewed in class , one in own time, and discussing them in detail in the seminar. In addition to the screenings and teaching sessions, students are expected to do some reading every week round the topics as they emerge.ÌýÌý

Ìý

Indicative TopicsÌý

The course will cover important developments in international cinema. These will include Chinese film classics, Italian neorealism, New Waves in France and Britain, India’s Parallel cinema, Third Cinema in Latin America and Africa and Post-revolutionary Iranian films. It will investigate different approaches to cinematic style such as classic narrative and counter cinema, political motivations, human psychology, spirituality and gender and sexuality. We will also look at developments in the global film industry and their cultural impacts.Ìý

Ìý

Learning Outcomes:Ìý

By the end of the course, learners should be able to:Ìý

• Acquire important background knowledge concerning the cultural and political context of international film production.ÌýÌý
• Synthesise and critically evaluate key films in film history and understood the way that different cinemas have been viewed and critiqued.ÌýÌý
• Construct a detailed and sustained argument about a facet of global cinema in an academic manner.Ìý

Ìý

Indicative Delivery Method

• Film screening: two hours.
• Teaching session: 30 minutes to 1 hour max.
• Seminar: 1,5 hour max.

Private screening of another film: two hours in your own time.