ALC104 - Media Genres: Negotiating Textual Forms and Pleasures
Unit details
| Year: | 2019 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Trimester 1 Unit Chair: | Sean Redmond |
| Trimester 3 Unit Chair: | Sean Redmond |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 1 hour Class per week, 1 x 1 hour Seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online): | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 hour of scheduled online seminar; plus 1-hour weekly class recording |
Content
This unit introduces students to the ways in which certain media carry similar codes and conventions, pleasures and expectations. It will examine how these conventions can be produced by the media industries and read and consumed by audiences. The unit will involve the close textual analysis of media genres; examine the way audiences relate to and interact with media genres; and will explore the way media industries promote and sell genres for commercial reasons. Case studies vary from year to year and may include genres such as comedy, horror, science fiction, melodrama, soap opera, the game show, fan fiction, fantasy role-playing games, and gaming apps.
Assessment
Assessment 1 - Genre creative assignment (2000 words) - 50%
Assessment 2 - Genre pitch (2000 words) - 50%
Unit Fee Information
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