Faculty of Arts

 Cinema studies

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Subject Lists
    First year subjects
    Second/third year subjects
    Fourth year subjects
    Subjects not offered in 2001
        Second/third year subjects not offered in 2001
        Third/fourth year subjects not offered in 2001
        Fourth year subjects not offered in 2001

Cinema studies offers a comprehensive program of study which draws on established links with industry and the professional film community. The program is underpinned by theoretical and interpretive approaches to cinema, television and multimedia that will assist students in applying this knowledge in practical and professional frameworks. Students benefit directly from the opportunity to explore the creative and professional aspects of the cinematic arts at close range with film directors, organisers of film festivals and film distribution agencies. The academic staff are leaders in their fields and endeavour to provide new and unique approaches to interactive or on-line teaching. With a particular emphasis on viewing and analysis of film, video and television, screenings are an integral part of the program. Graduates of cinema studies find employment in a range of professional capacities and organisations such as film festivals, cinema complexes, the State Film Centre, Cinemedia, the Australian Film Institute, and Film Victoria.

Cinema studies deals with the interpretation, history and theory of cinema, television, and new visual media such as computer games and multimedia. Subjects cover the areas of film history, Hollywood cinema, art cinemas, documentary, ethnographic film-making, Australian cinema, genre studies (horror, comedy, film noir, the love story, etc.), television cross-media forms and interactive technologies. Cinema is one of the major visual and aesthetic forms in 20th century culture and studies in this area address theoretical issues of spectatorship, postmodernism, postcolonialism, gender, sexuality and the body.

 1. Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for first year cinema studies subjects.

The prerequisite for a second/third year subject in cinema studies is usually 107-073 Introduction to Hollywood & Art Cinema (12.5 points) or 107-074 Introduction to Film Theory (12.5 points).

Students who have done suitable alternative first year subjects are advised to consult with the school for permission to enrol. Exemptions may also be granted when second/third year subjects are taken as part of an approved interdepartmental program with its own entry requirements.

The prerequisite for a third/fourth year subject in cinema studies is usually three second/third year subjects in cinema studies (37.5 points).

 2. Requirements for a major

A major in cinema studies usually consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:

• two first year subjects in cinema studies (25 points) and;

• second/third year subjects in cinema studies (totalling 87.5 points).

  Two of these subjects (totalling 25 points) may be taken from related subjects offered in the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology. A list of these subjects will be available from the School.

 3. Honours entry

The prerequisites for entry to Fourth Year Honours in Cinema Studies are:

• completion of all the requirements for the BA and;

• completion of a major in cinema studies and;

• an average grade of H2B or higher over the second/third year subjects within the major.

Entry to honours must be approved by the honours coordinator of the School and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser. Forms, to be submitted to the school, are available from the School Office in May and September of each year.

 4. Honours requirements

Honours coordinator: Dr Parshia Lee-Stecum

 4.1. Pure Honours

Students undertaking pure honours in cinema studies must complete:

• 107-522 Cinema Studies Thesis or 107-523 Cinema Studies Thesis (MYE) (37.5 points) and;

• 107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;

• four honours subjects in cinema studies (50 points).

  With the approval of the honours coordinator one of these subjects (totalling 12.5 points) may be a related subject from the School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archeology or an approved fourth year subject from another area of study.

 4.2. Combined honours

Students undertaking combined honours in cinema studies and another area of study must complete:

• 107-522 Cinema Studies Thesis or 107-523 Cinema Studies Thesis (MYE) (37.5 points) and;

• 107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;

• one honours subject in cinema studies (totalling 12.5 points) and;

• three honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 37.5 points).

or

• honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points) and;

• two honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 25 points) and;

• 107-044 Research Methods (12.5 points) and;

• two honours subjects in cinema studies (totalling 25 points).

• combined honours students may replace 107-044 Research Methods with an approved research methods seminar in the other discipline.

 5. Studying overseas

The School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology teaches a cinema studies subject in the United States in the winter non-teaching period. See subject entry for details:

• 107-086 City as Film

or
Email: enquiries@asatravinfo.com.au
Web: http://www.asatravinfo.com.au

 6. Further study

A BA with a major in cinema studies can lead to a Graduate Diploma in Art History and Cinema Studies or a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Art History and Cinema Studies).

An Honours degree in cinema studies can lead to MA or PhD degrees.

 7. Career opportunities

Career opportunities for graduates in cinema studies are to be found in education and research, and in the arts and the film industry as administrators, media professionals, editors, reviewers, film critics and film archivists.

 8. For more information

School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology
Old Pathology Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel +61 3 8344 5565
Email: fine.arts@finearts.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.sfca.unimelb.edu.au

First year subjects

107-073 Introduction to Hollywood & Art Cinema
107-074 Introduction to Film Theory

Second/third year subjects

107-025 Postcolonialism and the Cinema
107-075 Art House Cinema & Film Festival Culture
107-080 Commodity Culture
107-082 The Entertainment Experience
107-083 Film Noir: Style and History
107-086 City as Film
107-087 Contemporary Australian Cinema
107-088 Love Stories: Film and Narrative Theory
106-014 Hong Kong Cinema

Fourth year subjects

107-522 Cinema Studies Thesis
107-523 Cinema Studies Thesis (MYE)
107-044 Research Methods
107-050 Fine Arts 4A
107-051 Melodrama, Class and the Cinema
107-091 Ethnographic and Documentary Cinema
107-094 Comedy, Cult and the Carnivalesque
107-095 Film, Modernity and the Avant-Garde

Subjects not offered in 2001

Second/third year subjects not offered in 2001

Third/fourth year subjects not offered in 2001

Fourth year subjects not offered in 2001

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