SCREEN CRITICISM
MSS3FCR
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Screen Criticism is an EBL (Enquiry based learning) subject about writing, talking about, editing, practicing and publishing screen criticism. In this subject students will analyse historical and contemporary issues about screen criticism, critics and their approach to writing, case studies of critics as well as case studies of individual films. Great emphasis is placed on writing (and rewriting); students must be prepared to write frequently, to discuss writing in detail, and to analyse and workshop their own essays and those of their colleagues.
SchoolHumanities and Social Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorTerrie Waddell
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveYes
Learning ActivitiesStudents will be assigned a series of writing exercises over the semester in which they will be invited to experiement with a range of approaches. These essays will be workshopped by the group. One of the writing exercises will require sustained research on a screen critic. Once submitted these essays will be discussed by small groups and then the large group. Each writing exercise will require different problem solving approaches. Different strategies will be presented in the seminar through lecture and group discussion. Students will workshop each other's essays in groups and provide feedback to the small group and then the larger group. Students will form panels, work collaboratively with other members of the panel, and individual group members will present critical screen criticism to the group in an oral form.
Capstone subjectNo
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Incompatible subjectsCST2FCR
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Readings
Projections 8: Filmmakers on Filmmaking
Resource TypeRecommended
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AuthorBoorman, John & Walter Donohue
Year1998
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PublisherLONDON: FABER & FABER
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Mise en Scene is dead: or the expressive, the excessive, the technical and the stylish
Resource TypePrereading
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AuthorMartin, Adrian
Year1992
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The Wizard of Oz
Resource TypePrereading
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AuthorRushdie, Salman
Year1992
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PublisherLONDON: BFI
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Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
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