- Course Code
- FS 1006
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr K. Groo
Pre-requisites
None.
Notes
This is a compulsory course for entry into the Honours Film and Visual Culture programme.
Overview
This course offers an introduction to the language and practice of formal film analysis. Each week we will explore a different element of film form and analyze the ways in which it shapes the moving image. Rather than offering a survey of film history or a small collection of classics, this course invites students to think about formal elements within and across a wide range of genres, styles, historical moments, and national contexts. By the end of this course, the successful FS1505 student will have acquired the necessary tools to continue coursework in film studies. Students will be able to recognize and communicate the ways in which meaning is made in cinema.
Structure
2 one-hour lectures, 1 one-hour tutorial per week, and 1 three-hour screening.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 Essay 1,500-2,000 words (40%); 1 two-hour Final Cumulative Exam (40%); Tutorial Assessment (20%).
Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).
Formative Assessment
Short writing assignments (including responses papers, shot-by-analyses, and screening reports) will be submitted and discussed in tutorial groups.
Feedback
Written and/or oral feedback will be offered on short tutorial assignments (see above) and essays.