ARTS3065 - Capstone: Explorations in Contemporary Film Theory
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Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
School: School of the Arts and Media
Course Outline: School of the Arts and Media
Campus: Kensington Campus
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: 120 uoc overall, enrolment in a Film Studies major and in the final semester of a single FASS degree program or the final semester of the FASS component of a dual degree program
Equivalent: MEFT3202
CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Subject Area: Film Studies
This course engages with specific debates in contemporary film theory at an advanced level. It involves critical analysis of key theoretical texts in film theory debates, and the viewing and analysis of a wide range of films. Through the advanced study of key areas in film theory debates students will develop an understanding of the concerns and parameters of the discipline and the ways in which it explores the ethical, ontological, cultural, and historical implications of particular filmic images and film practices. Possible topics include: theories of film spectatorship, psychoanalysis, realism, film sound and feminist film theory.
