Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI American and World Cinema
School	Eng, Drama, & Creative Studies
Department	Film and Creative Writing
Module Code	09 39966
Module Lead	Rob Stone
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Practical Classes and workshops-30 hours Guided independent study-170 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The key aim of the module will be to develop students' understanding of the styles, forms and attitudes of American Cinema in relation to examples of world cinemas. In particular, this module examines the discourse and dialogue between American and European cinema since 1990, focussing on key examples of independent American cinema and the European art house, as well as examples of films and filmmakers from mainstream American and European cinemas. Films will be approached as cultural, industrial and artistic products, with a secondary attention paid to the relationships between film and national identity. A wide variety of approaches will be covered in detail, encouraging close appreciation and awareness of genre as a means of interpreting and analysing film. In addition, a wide-ranging contextual analysis will situate the films and filmmakers in relation to prevailing philosophical and political ideologies and movements.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: 20.1 Demonstrate an ability to analyse films by means of contextual, textual and comparative analyses. 20.2 Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between form and content and between aesthetics and politics and philosophy. 20.3 Demonstrate understanding of the complexities of aesthetic design and thematic structure in relation to the issues surrounding the dialogues that exist between American and European culture (particularly film culture) and between political ideas and philosophies. 20.4 Demonstrate an ability to critically articulate arguments about the relation between form and content with reference to appropriate theories and philosophies in written, audio-visual and verbal assessment.
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 3,000-word essay (75%) Visual essay 10 to 15 slides (25%) Reassessment: Failed component only 3,000-word essay (75%) Visual essay 10 to 15 slides (25%)
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