UNSW Handbook Course - Explorations in Contemporary Film Theory: Capstone

Explorations in Contemporary Film Theory: Capstone - ARTS3065


	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: 4
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: 120 uoc overall, enrolment in a Film Studies major and in the final semester of a single FASS degree program or the final semester of the FASS component of a dual degree program
	Equivalent: MEFT3202
	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 engages with specific debates in contemporary film theory at an advanced level. It involves critical analysis of key theoretical texts in film theory debates, and the viewing and analysis of a wide range of films. Through the advanced study of key areas in film theory debates students will develop an understanding of the concerns and parameters of the discipline and the ways in which it explores the ethical, ontological, cultural, and historical implications of particular filmic images and film practices. Possible topics include: theories of film spectatorship, psychoanalysis, realism, film sound and feminist film theory.

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