Cinemas and Cultures - ARTS3063
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of the Arts and Media
Course Outline: School of the Arts and Media
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 24 units of credit in the Film Studies stream or 24 units of credit in the Media, Culture and Technology stream
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: Film Studies
This course can also be studied in the following specialisation: Media, Culture and Technology
This course introduces students to the study of cinema in intercultural and cross-cultural context. It includes approaches to subcultural cinemas in the West, minority cultures in non-Western societies, the development of narrative and aesthetic conventions beyond "classic" Western styles and genres, the significance of cinema as an art-form, and as a creative element in local, national and transnational history and politics.