GSC2408

Screen studies

(ART)

Philip Dearman

8 points + Second semester + 3-hour period for introduction, screening and discussion plus a 1-hour tutorial per week + Gippsland, distance (only 2000) + Prerequisites: GSC1901, GSC1402 or equivalents (For those students who commenced an English major prior to 1997, GSC1401 and GSC1402) + Prohibition: GSC3408

Synopsis: An introduction to the study of film and television/video as mediums of fictional and documentary narrative. Major developments in the history of cinema. Films will be analysed formally in terms of narrative, editing, mise en scčne, shots, lighting and sound, and stylistically in terms of genre and authorship. Different theoretical approaches to screen studies including aestheticism, discourse analysis and semiotics.

Assessment: Short assignment (1000 words): 20% + Essay (3000 words): 50% + Examination (2 hours): 30%