MSS2CFI
CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA
MSS2CFI
2017
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
MSS2CFI Contemporary WorldCinema provides a cross cultural exploration and history of world cinemaproduced from the 1960s to the present. In this subject students will study a number of key auteurs, movementsand manifestoes, by looking at a range of case studies in contemporary globalcinema that includes American films, films of the independent sector, theFrench New Wave, Hong Kong films, Iranian allegorical cinema, Korean horrorfilms, the cinema of exile and diaspora, amongst many others. This subject alsoprovides students with the opportunity to acquire an understanding of some ofthe debates and theoretical issues involved with World Cinema and the filmfestival art cinema circuit. It alsoprovides students with practicalexperience in the curation of a film festival program of world cinema films, aproject that will involve students in thinking about how to address diversecultural perspectives expressed through cinema and audience#s responses to this. This subject will address the Global Citizenship Essential.
SchoolSchool of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorAnna Dzenis
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites 15 credit points of first-year level subjects in Media: screen + sound or Media Studies or Cinema Studies or coordinators' approval
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjects CST2CFI & CST3CFI & MSS3CFI
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
| Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readings | Remapping World cinema: Identity culture and politics in films | Preliminary | Stephanie Dennison & Song Hwee Lim 2006 | LONDON, WALLFLOWER PRESS |
| Readings | The oxford guide to film studies | Preliminary | John Hill & Pamela Church Gibson 1998 | NY: OXFORD U PRESS |
| Readings | World Cinemas, transnational Perspective | Preliminary | Natasa Durovicova & Kathleen Newman 2010 | NY & LONDON: ROUTLEDGE |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the World Cinema films and themes studied and their historical and cultural contexts
- Activities:
- Film screenings, lecture, seminar discussion and online blog.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
02. Construct and support an argument about a topic in world cinema in written form with precision and clarity, according to methodological conventions of Cinema Studies
- Activities:
- Online blog in LMS.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
03. Appreciate and critically analyse in extended detail the specific contexts both local and global for the emergence of these cinemas and their reception in the West.
- Activities:
- Film screenings, lecture and seminar discussion in small and large group.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
04. Think creatively about the task of curating a program for an international film festival, including the importance of taking diverse cultural perspectives into account.
- Activities:
- Curatorial film festival project and catalogue essay.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
05. Present curated film festival program to the group.
- Activities:
- Oral presentation with audio-visual resources presented to the group.
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Literacies and Communication Skills(Writing,Speaking,Quantitative Literacy,Cultural Literacy)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving)
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Creative Problem-solving)
- Personal and Professional Skills(Autonomy and independence,Ethical behaviour,Adaptability Skills,Study and Learning Skills)
- Discipline -Specific Knowledge and Skills(Discipline-Specific Knowledge and Skills)
Subject options
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Melbourne, 2017, Semester 2, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorAnna Dzenis
Class requirements
Lecture/FilmWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture/film per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
"A screening venue will be needed as we will be showing films as well as providing a lecture."
SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
Two 1.0 hours seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
"Two tutorial rooms will be needed"
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,000-word paper on a curated season of a film festival program plus catalogue essay. | 40 | 01, 04, 05 | |
| 1,200-word online short peices of writing | 40 | 01, 02, 03 | |
| 800-word equivalent Group seminar presentation | 20 | 01, 04, 05 |