Undergraduate - UnitATS3539 - Asian cinema and television

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Olivia Khoo

Notes

Previously coded FTV3670

Synopsis

From kung fu and martial arts cinema to internationally-award winning art films, Asian cinema has attracted popular and critical attention from audiences around the world. This unit will provide methods and frameworks for exploring the unique films and television being produced from Asia, beginning with an outline of national industries and contexts and moving to a discussion of regional and international audiences for Asian film and television. Specific attention will be paid to transnational Chinese cinemas (from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) - both in their popular and art forms - and to the cinemas of South East Asia. The unit will also consider more recent pan-Asian productions and diasporic cinemas including Asian Australian cinema. An analysis of television dramas and reality TV formats in Asia will allow us to consider changing audience tastes and consumption practices.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the subject students will be able to demonstrate:

An ability to discuss particular examples of Asian Cinema and Television texts in ways that show some understanding of generic considerations, cultural differences and historical specificity;
A general theoretical awareness of the problematic of cross cultural readings;
Some understanding of how cinema has developed across national and transnational film industries in different parts of the world.

Assessment

Written assignments: 75%
In-class visual test: 25%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Olivia Khoo

Workload requirements

One 2- hour seminar per week or 24 hours per semester and
One 2- hour screening per week or 24 hours per semester

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Film and screen studies

Prerequisites

A gateway unit in Film and screen studies or approved discipline.
As this is a third-year level unit, it is recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed at least one second-year level Film and Screen Studies unit

Prohibitions

ATS2539