Module Details
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Title UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN, CULTURE AND CINEMA
Code COMM209
Coordinator Dr KF Whitehurst
Communication and Media
Katherine.Whitehurst@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2021-22 Level 5 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Aims

• To encourage students to explore how norms and values are constructed, reinforced and challenged within children’s films.
• To provide insight into the audiences children’s films address.
• To encourage students to think about children’s and family films beyond innocent entertainment.
• To introduce students to the child as both a consumer and a subject of cinema.
• To explore the relationship between children, culture and cinema.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will demonstrate a detailed knowledge of children's films and culture

(LO2) Students will analyse how norms are constructed in children's cinema

(LO3) Students will critically analyse filmic texts and demonstrate this ability through visual and auditory means

(LO4) Students will evaluate the main academic debates and concerns around children's cinema

(S1) Critical Thinking

(S2) Research

(S3) Scene Analysis

(S4) Professional Writing

Syllabus
 

Syllabus - Topics may include:

Children’s and Family Films – Genre and Marketing
Children’s Film and the Address of a Dual Audience
Adaptation – Children’s Literature on the Big Screen
Children’s Play and Cinema
The Child on Screen
Children, Memory and Trauma in Cinema
Gender in Children’s Films
Grown-ups in Children’s Films
Children’s Cinema and the Nation
Diversity in Children’s Films

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Teaching method: Lectures - 60 minutes
Description: Lectures introduce key themes, topics, debates, concepts, and case studies. These lectures will be provided online during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Attendance recorded: Yes

Teaching method: Workshop and Computer Lab work
Description: The workshops will include a film screening in the first half of the session. The second half of the session (45 minutes) will encourage group discussion and analysis around a weekly reading and a specific film. These workshops will combine traditional academic discussion with video editing and analysis sessions to prepare students for their assignments. These workshops will be run online during the Coronavirus outbreak.
Attendance recorded: No

The module may be taught online or on campus and teaching methods may be subject to change.

Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours 12

         15

 27
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 123
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Assessment Description: One Minute Video: Students will be asked to edit together clips, sounds and dialogue from a children's movie to draw attention to major themes and topics relating to the child   1 Minute plus 250-wo    60       
Assessment Description: A film review of a children's film or a film that features children/children's culture. Reassessment Opportunity: Yes Penalty for Late Submission: Standard UoL penalty Anony  -750 words    40       

Recommended Texts
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