ACF104 - Screening History

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Victoria Duckett

Previously:

ACM120, ALC106

Cohort rule:

Must be enrolled in Associate Degree of Arts, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communication) or Bachelor of Creative Arts course

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

ACM120, ALC106

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1 hour class per week, 1 X 2 hour Screening per week, 1 x 2
hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including: 1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hours screening per week, 1 x 1-hour seminar per week equivalent

Content

This course introduces students to the history of screen culture. It highlights the interests that today shape the ways we interpret and understand our shared cinematic past. Topics explored include early cinema, film genres, feminist film, queer cinema, experimental film and transmedia. We use seminal films to explore these topics.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - A presentation task (1600 words or equivalent) - 40%

Assessment 2 (Individual) - Online quiz (2 parts/sessions) (800 words or equivalent) - 20%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Final essay (1600 words or equivalent) - 40%

Unit Fee Information

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