Screen Matters: Film, Television and New Media

Course aim

To provide students with a grounding in the historic, industrial and formal components of screen media and the key critical theories used to analyse it.

Course content

Introduction to the study of film, television and new media.  Film/media history, in terms of how it connects with storytelling strategies and types of audience engagement; a focus on film style, in terms of specific audio-visual techniques; and an introduction to the historic and contemporary film theory that has shaped screen studies.
Topics covered in the historic section of the course include: early cinema, the Hollywood studio-system, European art cinemas, narrative, spectacle, stardom, post-60s Hollywood, television, seriality, cult audiences and media convergence.  Film style is studied in relation to the uses of mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing and sound and how they create meaning.  The theoretical component of the course includes an introduction to genre criticism, authorship and auteurism, ideological critique, spectatorship, feminist film theory, national cinemas, globalisation and digital culture, as it shapes screen studies today.

 

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Workshop (Screening)	2 hours x 13 weeks
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online Study)	5 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical analysis, Major essay, Take-home examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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