Reading film narrative B
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6 points * 4 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield
A study of the theoretical foundations of film genre in regard to narrative structures, iconography and ideology. The subject will focus on one or two genres, eg the western, the musical, and study several major examples of each.
Assessment
Written (2000 words): 40% * Examination (1.5 hours): 30% * Class paper, written up as essay: 30%
Prescribed texts
Bordwell D and Thompson K Film art: an introduction 4th edn, McGraw-Hill, 1992
Schatz T Hollywood genres Random House, 1981