Screen Literacy and Contemporary Cinema

Overview

This unit introduces students to contemporary national and international cinema that will inform and enrich their film making capabilities. This unit will provide opportunities for students to engage with contemporary cinema from different cultures and explore production processes that differ from mainstream models.

Requisites

Prerequisites

FTV10003 Screen Literacy and Contemporary Cinema

Rule
Bachelor of Film and Television (Honours)

Teaching periods

Location

Start and end dates

Last self-enrolment date

Census date

Last withdraw without fail date

Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

Discuss the production values of contemporary national and international cinema
Describe a critical framework for measuring and categorising film and television
Compose a critical response to contemporary film culture from around the world
Write critical opinions in response to contemporary national and international cinema
Identify cultural and social concepts as expressed in cinematic language including narrative, character, visual and sound aesthetics

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type	Hours per week	Number of weeks	Total (number of hours)
On-campus Class	3.00	12 weeks	36
On-campus Class	1.00	12 weeks	12
Specified Activities Various	2.00	12 weeks	24
Unspecified Activities Various	6.50	12 weeks	78
TOTAL			150

Assessment

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Essay	Individual	50%	2,3,5
Portfolio	Individual	40%	2,3,4,5
Review	Individual	10%	1,2,5

Content

Contemporary national and global cinema
Core concepts of cinema studies
Cultural and social concepts as expressed in cinematic language
Histories of production processes
Graduate Attribute - Communication Skills: Verbal communication
Graduate Attribute - Communication Skills: Communicating using different media

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.