FMCS1200

Film and Television Studies

10 Units 1000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus Semester 2
On-Line from Callaghan Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2012

This course introduces the area of film and telelvision studies, examining basic components of cinematic and telelvisual forms. We explore fundamental principles of film and television studies, including theoretical and historical perspectives. Topics include art cinema and national cinemas, documentary and experimental film practice, film/tv narrative and formal analysis, sound and editing, genre and authorship, television culture, audience studies and reception theory.

Objectives Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Define the basic concepts of film analysis, including film form, film genres, and the processes of production and reception;
2. Apply the basic concepts to films and/or television programme analysis
3. Examine films and/or telelvision programmes through theoretical methodology and analysis where appropriate
Content Topics may include:
* Narrative and Non Narrative Form
* Classical, Modernist and Post-Modernist Form
* Mise-en-scene and cinematography
* Auteur theory, genre, ideology
* Cinematic Affect
* Televisual Form and Culture
* Spectatorship, Audience and Reception Studies
Replacing Course(s) FILM1010 Film and Television Studies.
Transition Students who have successfully completed FILM1010 Film and Television Studies may not enrol into FMCS1200 Film and Television Studies.
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge NA
Modes of Delivery Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Lecture
Laboratory
Tutorial
Assessment Items
Essays / Written Assignments One 2,000-word essay, worth 40%

One 1000 word essay worth 20% due mid-semester
Journal Journal: weekly submissions, worth 40% in total
Contact Hours Laboratory: for 3 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks
Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Tutorial: for 1 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Timetables 2014 Course Timetables for FMCS1200