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FS2007: VISUALISING MODERNITY (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

The first half of a film history sequence at the second year level, Visualising Modernity focuses on crucial moments, concepts and cinematic works from the period 1895 to 1945. Students will be marked according to a mid-term essay, a final exam, short assignments on Blackboard, and attendance in lectures and tutorials.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Katya Krylova

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This survey course introduces students to a selected constellation of significant visual and textual sites from the first fifty years of film practice, including the 'attractions' of early cinema, the rise of Hollywood and the studio star, the kino-eye of city cinema, and the cinematic aftermath of WWII. Each week, we will explore a different historical moment and a set of key film-theoretical concepts, looking at how film intersects with modernity. Students will acquire not only a knowledge of these specific historical sites, but also a facility with critical and comparative thinking. Students will learn to move between film practice, film history, and film theory to analyze the ways in which the moving image makes meaning.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Tutorial/Seminar Participation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Feedback

Written and/or oral feedback will be offered on short tutorial assignments (see above) and essays.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Assignment

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Feedback

Students will complete either:

  • 2,000-word Essay, or
  • 3-5-minute Video Essay and accompanying 1,000-word Reflective Essay.  

Written and/or oral feedback will be offered on short tutorial assignments (see above) and essays.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Take Home Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 40
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Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

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Resit Assessments

Take Home Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

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