Film Studies

Course summary

This subject will allow you to broaden your knowledge and understanding by analyzing a variety of films. You will develop a wide range of transferable skills for future study or employment. You will also learn about the film industry and develop your own film-related skills. What you will study: ● A diverse range of films, including documentaries, films from the Silent Era, experimental films, and short film ● Film practices from a historical, national, and global context ● Films’ relationships with social, political, cultural, historical and technological contexts ● How films generate meanings and responses ● Film as an ‘art’ form ● The concept of ‘spectatorship’ ● Relevant theories of film consumption and production