50254 Contemporary Cinema

8cp
Requisite(s): 50136 Cinematic Cultures
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.
Disciplinary Strand – Cultural Studies – 300 level

This subject asks students to view and reflect on particular national or regional areas, or moments of emergence, in recent film-making. Subject content may range over particular national cinemas which have become the object of new or renewed critical attention within an international context (e.g. Chinese and Hong Kong cinema, Iranian, Japanese, Italian, French and Australian cinema and so on). A particular focus of the subject is to locate and analyse culturally significant and innovative practices in film-making in film cultures around the world. Students are asked to view a range of recent films and reflect critically on their relation to national character and transnational cultural formations.

For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/50254.pdf

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2006 contribution for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students: $816.50
2006 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,920.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2006 for 2005/06 commencing Commonwealth-supported and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported undergraduate students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Other students (such as postgraduate students and international students) should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.