Undergraduate - UnitATS3970 - Performing film and television criticism with new technologies

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Adrian Martin; Associate Professor Deane Williams

Synopsis

This unit will provide students an opportunity to apply disciplinary ways of performing film and television theory, criticism and history. These will include a major practical project in film reviewing, audio-visual criticism, video-production OR a relevant internship. It will also involve a scholarly reflective essay on practical project/work experience as it relates to contemporary theories on criticism and screen-based media.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this unit students should be able to:

Perform a range of critical practices of film and television
Understand the complex relationship between film and television critical practice and theory
Demonstrate an ability to conduct research and develop and present a critical work utilising web-based applications in manner appropriate to third-year study.
Engage confidently in discussion of texts, theories and arguments in seminar environments both in the classroom and on-line.

Assessment

Writing exercise: 25%
Practical exercise: 40%
Multiple choice test: 25%
Seminar participation: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Deane Williams

Workload requirements

4 contact hours per week: 1 x 2 hour screening + 1 x 2 hour seminar. Remaining 8 hours of private study per week to be spent reading and watching assigned material and preparing for assessment tasks.

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

Film and screen studies

Prerequisites

One cornerstone unit for Film and Screen Studies or approval of unit coordinator.