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107-085 Australian Cinema | |
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Note | Formerly available as 111-262/362. Students who have completed 111-262 or 111-362 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Availability | 2nd and 3rd year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Jeanette Hoorn |
Prerequisites | Usually 12.5 points of first year cinema studies, see Prerequisites. |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour screening, a 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial 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 a take-home examination totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available.
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