This module examines the products and practices of contemporary screen culture. The emphasis of the course is on the examination of screen representation as a site of engagement with contemporary concerns such as cultural dislocation, migration, conflict, neo-liberalism, ethics and subjectivity. The focus of the module is to ask how these products and processes enable meaningful interrogation and illumination of contemporary social and political conditions. A range of theoretical and critical writing will be introduced which students will apply to the varied cultural products of contemporary screen culture.
• The inscription of subjectivity in screen forms.
• Border crossings and road movies: the journey trope.
• Representing asylum: displaced directors and counter-utopias.
• Re-working social class and gender in media forms.
• An accented cinema: genre, aesthetics, sound and theme.
• Transnational trends and local impacts
• Philosophies of film-making: case study film movements.
A range of the following will be covered:
The inscription of subjectivity in screen forms.• Border crossings and road movies: the journey trope.• Representing asylum: displaced directors and counter-utopias.• Re-working social class and gender in media forms.• An accented cinema: genre, aesthetics, sound and theme.• Transnational trends and local impacts• Philosophies of film-making: case study film movements.
Teaching methods include lectures, screenings, key clips and detailed references to key readings. Students are expected to attend and engage meaningfully in lectures. Students will be expected to work independently on two required written assignments. Students are expected to engage in self-directed learning including reading and assessment preparation. In addition to guided reading, students are expected to read and to use variety of sources (primary and secondary) and to raise issues, questions during class-time.
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |