50136 Cinematic Cultures

8cp

Requisite(s): 50108 Contemporary Cultures OR 50229 Contemporary Cultures

These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses. See access conditions.

Disciplinary Strand – Cultural Studies – 200 level

The subject offers a broad introduction to film studies by concentrating on some key historical moments in film-making together with some of the main theoretical issues and debates that have defined film studies as an area of intellectual interest. Issues discussed in any given semester are chosen from the following topics: Hollywood cinema (old and new), star, genre, authorship, style, narrative, mise en scene, spectatorship, politics, historical contexts, race, sexuality, gender, notions of camp and cult, queer cinema, early/silent cinema, nations and national cinemas, nation-period-style (e.g. 1930s French poetic realism, 1940s American film noir, 1940s/1950s Italian neo-realism, 1950s/1960s English social realism, 1960s French new wave, the New German Cinema, the New Australian cinema), the action film, independent cinema, avant-garde and documentary.

For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/50136.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $3,000.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported 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. Domestic fee-paying 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.