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Duration
13 weeks
Study method
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Assessments
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Prior study
Not required
Start dates
- 17 Jul 2023
- 06 Nov 2023
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Subject details
After successfully completing this course students will
- be familiar with some key and representative films and film movements from the 1920s to the present.
- comprehend the broad historical trajectory of cinema history from 1890s to the present, from inception, through selected national cinema movements, into the current era of globalised screen entertainments.
- have an improved understanding of film’s social role as an artform, as entertainment, as an historical document, political intervention and social commentary.
- have gained an improved understanding of screen aesthetics, particularly as framed by socio-cultural and specific historical contexts and shaped by conditions of production.
- have improved, through practice, their ability to research, to analyse, to think critically, and write clearly.
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- Invention of Cinema and Early Film
- German Expressionism and Weimar Cinema
- Soviet Montage
- 1920s International Trends in Avant Garde Cinemas
- The Hollywood Studio System
- Italian Neorealism
- The French New Wave
- The Australian New Wave
- The Hong Kong New Wave
- Post-Revolution Iranian Film
- Globalised Entertainment Cinemas in Action: China and Australia
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- GRF-CMM10-Cinema History (No longer available)
- GRF-CMM10-Cinema History (No longer available)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Please note: This subject was previously known as Screen History and Research.
This course offers a broad introduction to global cinema history from the invention of film to the present, with a focus on key film movements, representative national cinemas, and significant examples of film as an art, entertainment, historical document, political intervention, and social commentary.
- Written Assessment 1 (30%)
- Written Assessment 2 (45%)
- Discussion Board (25%)
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