Course Overview

This seminar explores the melodramatic tradition in American film and literature, and its relationship to history, politics, and cultural issues.

Learning Achievement

Focusing on British cinema, student will refine their critical and analytical skills while gaining knowledge on film history and aesthetics.

Competence

Critical and Creative Thinking; Data information literacy; Broad perspective and international mindedness; Cultural awareness skills; International Communication skills

Course prerequisites

Grading Philosophy

1. Quizzes: 50%
2. Film Review: 20%
3. Scene Analysis: 30%

Course schedule

This course uses British cinema to introduction the study and analysis of film. Over the course of the semester you will be exposed to key critical and theoretical approaches in film studies (genre, auteur theory, realism, formalism, etc.), in addition to gaining further knowledge into cinema history and major film movements.
Introduction to Film and Film History
Early British Film History: Between Hollywood and Europe
Auteur Theory: Hitchcock and the Birth of Sound Film
Narrative Continuity and Information Control
John Grierson: War Propaganda and Documentary Filmmaking
Genre: Heritage Cinema
Editing, Camera Movement
National and sub-national cinemas: New Scottish Cinema
Sound, Cinephilia, and Social Realism
Co-Productions and the Globalized Film Industry

Course type

Lectures

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Sano Takaya

Other information

Required viewings (films and video lectures) are an integral component of this class; you should not multi-task them.

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