Programme/Approved Electives for 2021/22
None
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Yes
The aim of this module is to analyse contemporary popular cinemas at a `global¿ level. We will look at a series of films across a range of different national contexts, focusing especially on the impact of globalisation, as both an economic and cultural process, on the content, style anddistribution of different cinemas internationally. We will consider the ways in which the wider influence and viewing of different cinemas across different filmmaking contexts ¿ and the effect of globalisation on traditional understandings of `culture¿ ¿ have impacted on the types of films produced globally, and the ways these films are made and seen. Central to the module is the question of a `globalised¿ culture. Does this mean a uniform culture, dominated by certain tendencies of filmmaking (for example, Hollywood)? Or alternatively, how has the increasingly globalised nature of culture created new opportunities and possibilities for the expression of `local¿ cultural forms? How, moreover, might globalisation represent a positive challenge, rather than a threat, to traditional ideas of national cultures and national film industries? The module will consequently provide a significant knowledge base for understanding how contemporary films are made globally, and why. It will also be invaluable in terms of identifying the changing ways we understand `national¿ film cultures and film industries in an increasingly `global¿ contemporary culture.
Aims
- Provide students with a strong grounding in key texts, concepts and discussions around the production, form and content of popular cinema at a'global' level- Identify the influence of film aesthetics beyond and between Hollywood and other international cinemas- Expand students' existing understanding of the production, location and style of films internationally- Focus on issues of national and trans-national identity as represented through film- Provide knowledge of a wider range of non-English language cinemas
Talis Aspire Reading ListAny reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/fil-20021/lists
Intended Learning Outcomes
identify different kinds of context for film production and film forms within the economic and cultural effects of globalisation: 1,2understand the meaning and impact of globalisation on international film production and film form: 1,2identify aspects of film genre and film style, and their changing shape, across a variety of national contexts: 1,2identify and comment on the relationship between contemporary national cultures and the films they produce: 1,2recognise and understand the impact of economic contexts on the production and form of contemporary film: 1,2develop a familiarity with key debates around `global¿ and `national¿ cinemas and cultures in the context of globalisation: 1,2
12 x 1 hour lecture 12 hours8 x 2 screening and introduction 16 hours12 x 1 hour seminar 12 hoursSupervision and feedback 2 hoursClass preparation 24 hoursReflective Diary preparation 36 hoursEssay preparation 48 hours
Description of Module Assessment
1: Reflective Diary weighted 40%Reflective DiaryStudents will produce a 1000-word reflective piece on their own film-viewing experience, in line
with specific questions provided by the tutor. Students will be required to take a critical
approach to their own viewing of two films (chosen by the student), identifying, for instance,
the production and exhibition contexts of the films, and how these inform their aesthetics and
content. Students are encouraged to take a comparative approach to their viewing, identifying
the circumstances informing film production and style across different economic and national
contexts.
2: Essay weighted 60%EssayStudents will complete a 1500-word essay based on two of the films screened and discussed in
the second half of the module. The essay will respond to one of a set of questions provided by
the tutor, corresponding to the key themes explored throughout the module as a whole.