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Contemporary Approaches to the Cinema - MEFT2200
Media, Film and Theatre

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of English, Media and Performing Arts
 
 
Course Outline: http://media.arts.unsw.edu.au//
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 36 units of credit
 
 
Equivalent: FILM2001
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Analyses and tests a number of contemporary theoretical approaches to the cinema.

Note: Excluded FILM2001.

Learning Outcomes

  • To gain an understanding of key concepts and debates in film theory and an understanding of the history of the discipline
  • To be able to analyse some of the key ways that meaning is constructed in film
  • To broaden one's knowledge of the history of film.

Assessment

  • Short paper - 30%
  • Class presentation - 20%
  • Essay - 40%
  • Tutorial participation - 10%

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