Students will acquire introductory knowledge of the history of Cinema;

Students will be introduced to critical debates that have arisen during particular decades;

Examine the relationship between film, political events, and the broader cultural and social context in which films were made;

Explore global themes and topics from a range of geographical perspectives throughout history;

Encourage critical analysis of cinematic and theoretical material and reflection on the practice of criticism.

(LO1) Understand global film history in relation to style, content, industrial organization, production and distribution.

(LO2) Develop skills in self-motivated study and independent research.

(LO3) Understand and apply key concepts in contemporary theory.

(LO4) Understand historical and political issues and apply understanding to film analysis.

(LO5) Critically engage with different registers of image, such as photographs, fiction, both standard genre films and less familiar film-making traditions.

(S1) Communication (written and visual).

(S2) Reading and critical analysis and synthesis of written material – academic and journalistic.

(S3) Critical engagement with global visual cultures and history.

(S4) IT skills - Editing.

(S5) Self-motivated research and personal attributes and qualities - independence.

Lecture
Weekly 1-hour lecture.

Seminar
Weekly, 1-hour seminar , where discussions and group activities will take place.

Asynchronous activities / self-directed learning
Film screenings;
Assigned readings;
Seminar preparation;
Assessment preparation.

Topics covered during the module may include:

Early Cinema;

Sound Cinema;

Surrealism and the documentary;

Italian Neorealism;

Classical Japanese Cinema;

French New Wave;

Parallel Indian Cinema;

Third Cinema;

Black American Cinema.