Film Studies

Course summary

Film Studies is more than simply the academic study of contemporary and historical films. This course will enable you to examine films as an art form and how they are made, as well as developing your own filmmaking skills. Film Studies involves the academic study of contemporary and historical films spanning a wide range of production styles and film movements. Over the two-year course, you will study eleven films, including films from the USA and the UK as well as European and World Cinema. You will examine film as an aesthetic art form and a storytelling medium, considering the role of the spectator in the construction of meaning as well as exploring how films reflect their social and political contexts. The course will not only enable you to understand how films make meaning and reflect wider societal values, but will also help you develop your own film making skills as you put theory into practice.