Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Screen School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
7004FILM-JAN-MTP
Aims
1. Gain a detailed understanding of theories relating to the representation of people in film.
2. Identify and critically analyse how film aesthetics and narration effectuate particular modes of representation.
3. Make informed judgements about the appropriateness of film narrative, narration, and film techniques in relation to the argument a film advocates.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Identify and critically analyse issues relating to the representation, identification, and treatment of people and minorities in film.
2.
Structure a sophisticated argument and contextualise such debates in writing or through the practice of filmmaking.
3.
Recognise and be able to explain in advanced detail how the particular audiovisual aesthetic of a film contributes to the portrayal of an individual and/or group.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:People in Film examines different forms of human representation in cinema. It deals with issues around stereotyping (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, disability). Furthermore, the module explores characterisation and motivation in scripts, and the production of sympathy and empathy. It engages with theories that question what is human, what is animal, and how technology intersects with the human and the artificial. As such it addresses issues (ethical and otherwise) around representing the Other.
Module Overview:
Examine different forms of human representation in cinema. This module deals with issues around stereotyping (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, disability), and it also introduces issues (ethical and otherwise) around representing the other as addressed by audio-visual ethnography and anthropology. It explores features of character development and motivation in scripts, and the production of sympathy and empathy.
Examine different forms of human representation in cinema. This module deals with issues around stereotyping (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, disability), and it also introduces issues (ethical and otherwise) around representing the other as addressed by audio-visual ethnography and anthropology. It explores features of character development and motivation in scripts, and the production of sympathy and empathy.
Additional Information:The artefact (AS 2, 80%) can be fulfilled as a fully written, practical, or hybrid submission. On this module you will study the following films listed below:
Features
The Birth of a Nation (1915, DW Griffith)
Megacities (1998, Michael Glawogger)
Bamboozled (Spike Lee, US, 2000)
Gambling, Gods, and LSD (2002, Peter Mettler)
Manufactured Landscapes (2007, Jennifer Baichwal)
Mechanical Love (2007, Phie Ambo)
Le Quattro Volte (2010, Michelangelo Frammartino)
Leviathan (2012, Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel)
Ex Machina (2014, Alex Garland)
Human (2015, Yann Arthus-Bertrand)
Shorts
Grosse Fatigue (2013, Camille Henrot)
Listen (2014, Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni)
The Looks (2015, Wu Tsang)
O Peixe (2016, Jonathas de Andrade)