Issues in Film Studies 2: Global Film (P3030)
Issues in Film Studies 2: Global Film Cultures
Module P3030
Module details for 2009 cohort.
18 credits
FHEQ Level 4
Module Outline
Building on the autumn term core, this course continues to examine modes of film making and cinematic contexts from a range of national settings and historical moments. Students will both expand their knowledge of different cinematic practices, and deepen their skills of textual and contextual analysis.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, a successful student should be able to:
1. Explain and summarise underlying principles in the study of cinema, including its economic, institutional, formal and ideological constraints.
2. Identify and evaluate critical approaches to film including those which engage with cultural representation, formations of identity and the politics of taste.
3. Apply selective knowledges and develop a line of argument in answering set questions in written form.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100.00% | |
| Coursework components. Equal weighting for all components. | ||
| Essay | Summer Week 5 | |
| Essay | Spring Week 10 | |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Term | LECTURE | 1 hour | 111111111100 |
| Spring Term | FILM | 3 hours | 111111111100 |
| Spring Term | SEMINAR | 1 hour | 111111111100 |
| Summer Term | SEMINAR | 1 hour | 111110000000 |
| Summer Term | LECTURE | 1 hour | 111110000000 |
| Summer Term | FILM | 3 hours | 111101000000 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Dr Michael Lawrence
Convenor, Assess convenor
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/128070
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