Film Studies Minor (Level 3)
Media, Communications and Culture Dual Honours (Level 3)
Media, Communications and Culture Minor (Level 3)
This module will introduce students to some of the key works in the recent history of British Cinema and to investigate major theories around gender, particularly in the areas of creativity and representation.
Topics central to this module include gender, sexuality, the history of British cinema, and the ways in which film reflects developments and debates in contemporary society.
Directors and films studied on this module will include some of the following: Sally Potter ('The Gold Diggers', 'Orlando'), Gurinder Chadha ('Bhaji on the Beach', 'Bend It Like Beckham'). Lynne Ramsay ('Ratcatcher', 'Morvern Callar', 'We Need to Talk about Kevin') and Andrea Arnold ('Red Road', 'Fish Tank' and 'Wuthering Heights').
The module will study the films as cinematic works, and will include detailed textual analysis. It will also consider roles of women in society and cinema, as well as the impact of gender and gender theories on creativity and representation.
To build on students' understanding of British society and representations of it in an historical context;
To develop their abilities to analyse, argue and discuss;
To develop their abilities to relate historical contexts to the present;
To develop their abilities to interpret cultural products in the light of gender theory
will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
critically assess the relationships between sociological and cultural discourses will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
Show competence in the evaluation and application of theoretical, methodological and practical approaches to the study of media and culture will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
assess the usefulness of a variety of theoretical models in the analysis of film will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
carry out independent critical analyses of cinematic materials will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
articulate ideas in coherent and concise and clear written form will be achieved by assessments: 1, 2
40 hours seminar preparation
60 hours assessment preparation
30 hours private study
Students will write an essay chosen from a list distributed at the start of the course.
Students select two essay-style questions from a list of options. The questions will be based on the module contents selcted .
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