Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 32)
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111-362 "Australian Cinema" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p32) : Next:111-499 | Prev:111-361
Credit points: 16.7 3rd year
Coordinator: Dr. Barbara Creed.
Prerequisite: At least three cinema studies subjects at second or third year level.
Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and film screenings a week. As this is also offered at 4th year level, numbers permitting, students will be divided into separate third and fourth year seminars.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the origins and main characteristics of the silent period in Australian film history;
- understand the nature of the 70s renaissance in Australian film - its national, industrial and aesthetic concerns;
- appreciate the central images, themes and preoccupations of the contemporary Australian cinema;
Content:
A study of the Australian cinema from the silent period to the present. Topics covered will include: early film history; conditions of production; the 70s renaissance; the role of the Australian government in film production; Australian genres; the Australian avant-garde; the Women's Film Fund; Australian film in the 90s; Post colonial theory and film.
Assessment:
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examination totalling 5,000 words
Prescribed texts:
1. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Arts (v3, p32) : Next:111-499 | Prev:111-361
2. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p86) : Prev:111-360
Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Dr Barbara Creed.
Prerequisite: 111-105 & 111-108
Contact: No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials and film screenings each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- understand the origins and main characteristics of the silent period in Australian film history;
- understand the nature of the 70s renaissance in Australian film - its national, industrial and aesthetic concerns; and
- appreciate the central images, themes and preoccupations of the contemporary Australian cinema.
Content:
A study of the Australian cinema from the silent period to the present. Topics covered will include: early film history; conditions of production; the 70s renaissance; the role of the Australian government in film production; Australian genres; the Australian avant-garde; the Women's Film Fund; Australian film in the 90s; Post colonial theory and film.
Assessment:
Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examination totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
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2. Cinema Studies, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p86) : Prev:111-360
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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