Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
7003FILM-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. To combine practice and theory in reaching a sophisticated understanding the role and working of Film Festivals, Distribution and Exhibition
2. To critically engage with current scholarship on Film Festivals, Distribution and Exhibition
3. To curate and critically reflect on a film screening event
Learning Outcomes
1.
Demonstrate advanced and complex theoretical and practical knowledge of the role and function of Film Festivals, Distribution and Exhibition
2.
Identify key issues and debates in current scholarship on Film Festivals, Distribution and Exhibition
3.
Curate and critically evaluate a film screening event
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:In this module, students will learn about running film festivals (and the relevance of distribution/exhibition) through:
(a) curating their own screenings;
(b) publicising the screenings;
(c) communicating with filmmakers to seek permission to screen and organise guest visits where possible (of locally available guests);
(d) preparing programme notes and other materials to support screenings; and
(e) presenting their screenings to an audience within and beyond LJMU
They will also learn about current scholarship on film festivals, distribution and exhibition including:
(a) the history of film festivals;
(b) taxonomies of types of film festivals (the business festival, the audience festival, the programmer festival, the manager festival);
(c) the power dynamics of film festivals (stakeholder configurations, nation v. city, the sole trader);
(d) film festival theory (media events and different ideas of publicness)
(e) digital distribution and exhibition
Module Overview:
Exploring Film Festivals goes beyond production and representation, to consider the different ways in which film circulates. It examines the historical and contemporary significance of film festivals both in assigning value to film (through awards) and in providing an alternative distribution network, while also assessing the significance and function of film programming in festivals. The module also engages with digital distribution (formal and informal), as well as alternative and experimental exhibition possibilities for film (art galleries, video mapping, retail space). The module will include a possible field trip to a film festival.
Exploring Film Festivals goes beyond production and representation, to consider the different ways in which film circulates. It examines the historical and contemporary significance of film festivals both in assigning value to film (through awards) and in providing an alternative distribution network, while also assessing the significance and function of film programming in festivals. The module also engages with digital distribution (formal and informal), as well as alternative and experimental exhibition possibilities for film (art galleries, video mapping, retail space). The module will include a possible field trip to a film festival.
Additional Information:In exploring Film Festivals, Distribution and Exhibition, this module combines practice and theory. Students will form small groups and curate their own evenings in a week-long campus film festival to be held in the final week of the semester. We will also read, discuss and analyse a wide range of research in Film Festival Studies, Distribution and Exhibition. Assessment will be based on individually created artefacts (e.g. video vlogs) and/or written projects that will critically engage with existing research, and critically reflect on the experience of curating screenings. An optional and voluntary, but highly recommended, visit to an international film festival (either Thessaloniki, Berlin or Rotterdam) forms part of the learning activities in this module.