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Film Genres - ARTS2064
Media, Film and Theatre

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of the Arts and Media
 
 
Course Outline: School of the Arts and Media
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: 30 units of credit at Level 1
 
 
Equivalent: MEFT2205
 
 
Excluded: MEFT3203
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 1 (more info)
 
 
Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Subject Area: Film Studies

This course explores some of the major theoretical approaches to the study of film genre through in-depth analysis of particular genres. Through the analysis of specific film genres the course explores key topics in genre studies: ideas of popular(s) and cultural value; the ways that industrial, social, technological, and aesthetic factors shape the development, circulation, and reception of a film genre; and the movement of genres across and between different media.

Genre "case-studies" vary from year to year and may include: the gangster film, comedy, exploitation and b-grade cinemas, documentary, and the film musical.

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