Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool Screen School

Learning Methods

Lecture

Seminar

Workshop

Module Offerings

5024FILM-SEP-MTP

Aims

1. To introduce a selective range of European national cinemas 2. To explore the concepts of the ‘national’ and the ‘transnational’ in relation to Europe 3. To examine the boundaries between art and popular cinema

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate awareness of the range and variety of European cinematic traditions, and the institutions that support them
2.
Discuss in depth films from one national European cinema
3.
Present arguments around art and/or popular cinema in Europe

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:(Indicative content; case studies may vary) Art and popular cinema in Europe French cinema: Nouvelle Vague, ‘Beur’ cinema, Cinema du look Italian cinema: Neo-realism; the giallo German cinema: New German cinema; post-Wall cinema Spanish cinema: La Movida, Almodovar, Basque cinema Swedish cinema: Bergman and Moodysson Greek cinema: Old and New Greek cinema; Weird wave New Romanian cinema Balkan cinema
Module Overview:
This module serves as an introduction to the range and variety of films produced in Europe, and their industrial contexts. It highlights the diversity of cinematic production in Europe, focusing not only on different national traditions, but also on the fact that European cinemas consist both of art and popular films.
Additional Information:This module serves as an introduction to the range and variety of films produced in Europe, and their industrial contexts. It highlights the diversity of cinematic production in Europe, focusing not only on different national traditions, but also on the fact that European cinemas consist both of art and popular films. The module focuses on a number of case studies, including small, or peripheral, national cinemas, while also exploring the role of transnational co-productions.

Assessments

Essay

Artefacts