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Film Studies

The Film sequence examines the power, influence and appeal of film and video. It includes studies of film history, national cinemas, film genres, modes of spectatorship, various narrative styles, and a range of approaches to fiction and non-fiction film.

Students of Film gain a broadly-based understanding of films and screen culture. They develop critical, analytical and presentation skills that may be used both within and outside media industries.

 Film Studies is multidisciplinary in its approach, drawing on the insights and methods of history, cultural studies, contemporary theory, sociology, politics, literature and aesthetics.

Units
(Most of these units are in a rotation and are offered every second year)

Introductory Units
The prerequisite for these units is HX541 Narrative and Text

HF504 Hollywood Cinema
HX542 Film Movements and Theories

Advanced Units
The prerequisites for these units are HX541 Narrative and Text and at least one film unit.

HF607 Gender & Representation
HX549 Adaptations: Literature and Screen
HX550 Documentary Film and Video
HX546 Studies in World Cinema
HX515 Gothic Genres & Contested Spaces
HF611 Australian Cinema
HX545 Film, Philosophy & Religion
HF601 Film Genres

 

Unit Descriptions are available in the UoB Handbook