Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Humanities and Social Science

Learning Methods

Lecture
Workshop

Module Offerings

4102MEDCUL-SEP-MTP

Aims

1. To introduce students to entertainment media and the contexts in which it is produced and consumed. 2. To introduce students to the study of popular film through analysis of the formal properties and techniques specific to the medium and the analysis of comparative style, genre and narrative structure. 3. To introduce students to different approaches to reading, conceptualising and understanding cinema experience.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Distinguish and apply appropriate research perspectives from those available for studying entertainment media.
2.
Employ a critical vocabulary in the analysis of film.
3.
Communicate an understanding of cinematic texts in context

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:Introduction to Studying Entertainment Media; British Cinema History; Theorising Cinema Audiences; The Formal Properties and Techniques of Film Analysis.
Module Overview:
The aim of the module is to introduce you to entertainment media and the contexts in which it is produced and consumed. It also introduces you to the study of popular film through analysis of the formal properties and techniques specific to the medium and the analysis of comparative style, genre and narrative structure.
Additional Information:The module takes a largely historical perspective. Students will be introduced to the study of film through the consideration of cinema experience, research and the contextualisation of film production. From this basis more formal analytical approaches are considered and by the end of the module students are expected to apply critical terminology and conceptual models in order to produce their own analysis of media texts.

Assessments

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