Studying at York
Creative Materials (BCI) - TFT00029C
Module summary
This module will acquaint you with some of the key ideas that drive the creative industries at the centre of this degree programme: cinema, television, theatre and interactive media. You will encounter major works from screen, stage and computer device which have defined their respective industries in the past and which represent launching-pads for creative innovation in the future. By studying landmarks of production, this module with provide you with an overview of the strategies and materials at your disposal as you begin to define your own leading-edge projects and entrepreneurial ambitions.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Semester 1 2023-24 |
Module aims
This module aims to:
- Acquaint you with some of the key ideas and historical developments that have defined the creative industries at the centre of this degree programme: cinema, television, theatre and interactive media.
- Introduce you to some of the signal works - films, tv shows, plays, games and more - that have influenced the development of the creative industries
- Provide you with a series of contexts - historical, social, industrial - by which you can critically evaluate how different forms of content function or are shaped, and how they seek to appeal to audiences
- Encourage you to apply your developing knowledge of industrial conditions, cultural priorities and changing markets and audiences to your own creative projects and entrepreneurial strategies.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of this module you will be:
- Familiar with some of key landmarks of cinema, television, the theatre and the interactive media industry
- Able to develop your knowledge of any, or all of these creative industrial areas, by developing your own reading and research strategies.
- Able to apply critical rigour and contextual thinking to the evaluation of creative content, and the markets / audiences it seeks to reach.
- Ready to deploy an initial knowledge of industrial procedures and conditions, of social and cultural contexts and a developing familiarity with different forms of content creation, past and present, to your own projects and creative proposals
- Able to apply problem-solving and team-working skills to the analysis of creative industrial questions,and the development of content ideas
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Special assessment rules
None
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100 |
Module feedback
You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times. Formative feedback will be given in each seminar, and in response to one piece of formative written work delivered half way through teaching.
Indicative reading
Hesmondhalgh, D. (2019). The Cultural Industries. London: Sage.
Langford, B. (2010). Post-classical Hollywood: Film Industry, Style and Ideology Since 1945. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Lotz, A. (2018). We Now Disrupt This Broadcast: How Cable Transformed Television and the Internet Revolutionized It All. Cambridge: MIT Press.
McConachie, B. et al. (2016). Theatre Histories: An Introduction. London: Routledge.
Rosenthal, D. (2013). The National Theatre Story. London: Oberon Books