module specification

This module introduces key approaches to the study of film and television as academic
Disciplines, forming a basis for future study through the Film Studies film course.

You will learn to apply these theories and develop an understanding of the relationship between text, theory and the wider study of film.

You will be introduced to a range of theories, encompassing such topics as documentary theory, audience studies, quality and reality television, theories of spectatorship and psychoanalysis, feminist film theory and the male gaze, film and post-modernism, which you will need for following studies.

In this module you will:

• Learn about key theoretical approaches to the study of film and television

• Apply theoretical models and frameworks to film and television analysis

• Have to opportunity to evaluate different theoretical frameworks

• Develop transferable skills of communication, planning and presentation and to gain feedback on ability to do this

This module will explore a number of key theoretical approaches to film and television studies.

Theoretical approaches studied include documentary theory, audience studies, quality and reality television, theories of spectatorship and psychoanalysis, feminist film theory and the male gaze, film and post-modernism.

The learning and teaching strategy in this module combines

Lectures
Seminars
Individual coursework
Blended learning through the Virtual Learning Environments

Feedback is provided after coursework in written form on WebLearn, by email or in person

On completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1 Learn about key theoretical approaches to the study of Film and Television

LO2 Apply the theoretical approaches that they have learned to review

LO3 Evaluate the key theoretical models in film and television studies to specific film and television texts

LO4 Develop transferable skills of written communication, planning and presentation

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