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Film and Television Analysis - TFT00034C

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  • Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: C
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
    • See module specification for other years: 2024-25

Module summary

This humanities module furnishes you with a toolkit for analysing audio-visual media. We explore the way in which elements of form like cinematography, editing, performance, and more shape a viewer’s experience of a text, considering these elements across a range of contexts (film, television, shorts, music videos, and more).

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2023-24

Module aims

Module aims:

  • to introduce you to the processes of how screen media generate meaning through the manipulation of visual and aural aesthetics and techniques.
  • to furnish you with the basic concepts, methods and terminology necessary for systematic screen media analysis.
  • to acquaint you with the skills to communicate the content of their analysis in a range of contexts.
  • to introduce you to the processes of how screen media generate meaning through the manipulation of visual and aural aesthetics and techniques.

Module learning outcomes

Upon completion of this module:

  • you will understand the basic aesthetic properties of image and sound and how these are used to generate meaning.
  • you will be able to draw upon and apply a range of conceptual resources for their own analysis of screen media.
  • you will know the range of ways that creative decisions across productions shape the final text.
  • you will develop a range of academic skills, including analytical writing, scholarly research, and video essay production.

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark Group
Essay/coursework 100 A
Essay/coursework 100 B

Special assessment rules

None

Additional assessment information

As stated, formative is 1000 word essay mid-way through term.

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark Group
Essay/coursework 100 A
Essay/coursework 100 B

Module feedback

You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times.

Indicative reading

Allen, R and Hill, A ed. (2003). The Television Studies Reader. London: Routledge.

Bordwell, D and Thompson, K. (2013). Film Art. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

Gray, J and Lotz, A. (2012). Television Studies. London: Polity.

McCabe, J and Akass, K ed. (2007). Quality TV: Contemporary American Television and Beyond. London: I.B. Tauris.

Patti, L, ed. (2019). Writing about Screen Media. London: Routledge.

Villarejo, A. (2013). Film Studies: The Basics. London and New York: Routledge.


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