SCREEN + SOUND 3: REALISM, ILLUSION AND WONDER IN THE CINEMA

MSS3SSC

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

MSS3SSC Screen +Sound 3 is a capstone subject in which students explore ways of knowing and thinking about the world through screen and sound media. Students will evaluate the power of concepts such as frame, window, door, mirror and brain to explain the spectator's relation to real and imaginary worlds on screen and critically investigate the material ecologies of film production and consumption. Through viewing and listening exercises, students will investigate how moving images and soundscapes 'think' and make us think and explore some of the ways in which they will be able to contribute to future sustainable artistic practice that is informed by an ecological sensibility. Students will develop projects from a range of topics, such as: virtual reality and avatars; mind-game and puzzle films; CGI and 3-D worlds; distracted viewers and attentive listeners, the eco-politics of Hollywood and its alternatives, representations of landscape and national identity and ecological utopias and dystopias. This subject addresses La Trobe's Sustainability Thinking Essential.

School: Humanities and Social Sciences (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Anna Dzenis

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: CST3HFT

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Ecocinema: Theory and Practice

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Stephen Rust

Year: 2012

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Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS

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The Language of New Media

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Lev Manovich

Year: 2001

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Publisher: MIT PRESSM

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Film Theory: An Introduction through the Senses

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Thomas Elsaesser, Malte Hagener

Year: 2010

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Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

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Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing

COMMUNICATION - Cultural Intelligence and Global Perspective

DISCIPLINE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Extend capacity to explain key concepts in screen + sound theory

02. Expand ability to apply key concepts to a range of screen + sound texts

03. Demonstrate ability to evaluate key concepts in the discipline of screen + sound that are informed by an ecological sensibility

04. Extend advanced, transferable skills in research using search engines, databases, social media and digital devices.

05. Extend ability to work both collaboratively and individually on media projects.

06. Extend awareness of creative and flexible approaches to sustainable media practices.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Blended

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Anna Dzenis

Class requirements

Lecture/FilmWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.00 hours lecture/film per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.

WorkShopWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.00 hour workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via blended.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
1,200-word group projectStudents will work collaboratively on an AV project that advances an argument about one of the topics examined in this subject. This AV project will be presented to the class.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	40	SILO2, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6
1,000-word online blogStudents will submit short written blog pieces in response to the ideas explored each week for the first 8 weeks.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	25	SILO2, SILO3, SILO6
1,600-word essay or Published blogStudents can choose between writing an essay or creating a blog with shorter pieces of writing that discuss a selection of the topics discussed in this subject.	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	35	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO6