Unit Code:	CST2FNO
Alternative Unit Code:	CST3FNO
Unit Short Title:	FILM NOIR: ALIENATION AND DARKNESS IN THE CINEMA
Credit Points:	20.0
Unit Description:	Throughout the history of the cinema a pessimistic mode has counter-pointed the dominant optimistic and 'escapist' bias of the classical or popular cinema. Although in this unit students will focus primarily on the development of film noir in the American cinema during the 1940s, other periods and other national cinemas, such as the British and Australian cinema, will also be examined. Students will study the formal and cultural roots of this mode, together with its resurgence in the latter part of the 20th century.
Prerequisites:	For CST22FNO:30 credit points of first year cinema studies or coordinators approval. For CST32FNO: 20 credit points of second year cinema studies or coordinators approval.
Class Requirements:	one 4-hour lecture/tutorial/screening per week. Attendance at lectures, screenings and tutorials is a requirement of this unit
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 1,500-word essay	30
one 2,000-word take home test	40
one 1,500-word essay	30	Third year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline specific skills in their written work than second year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Preliminary	More than night: film noir in its contexts	Naremore, J.	University of California Press 1998
Prescribed	Encyclopedia of film noir	Mayer, G. and McDonnell, B.	Greenwood 2007

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   27-JUL-09   30-OCT-09	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Geoff	Mayer	BUNDOORA	Y