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 107-085 Australian Cinema

Note

Formerly available as 111-262/362. Students who have completed 111-262/362 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Dr Jeanette Hoorn

Prerequisites

Usually 12.5 points of First Year Cinema Studies, see Prerequisites.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1-hour lecture, a 1-hour tutorial and a 2-hour screening per week

Subject Description

This subject reviews the history of Australian Cinema from its beginnings in the early silent period to the present. Students should become familiar with early film history; the 1970s renaissance; the road movie; gender race and sexuality; feminist and independent film making. These areas will be discussed in the context of national identity and the growing debates around what constitutes a national cinema.

Assessment

A classpaper, an essay and take-home examination totalling 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • S Dermody & E Jacks, The Screening of Australia Vols 1 & 2. Currency Press 1987.
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