MA in Film Studies: Modules for Group B
This page is undergoing edits for the coming academic year, and is not yet finalised.
Group B consists of all students who commenced study during 2005-6 or earlier.
If you commenced study in October 2006 or later; or you will be commencing study in October 2008 or later, please see the module page for students in Group A.
Deadlines
Applications to the Film MA Programme from new students: Thursday 31st July 2008
Module registration for all new students: Friday 5th September 2008
Module registration for existing students (Group A): Monday 1st September 2008
Module registration for existing students (Group B): Friday 5th September 2008
Starting October 2008
Space and European Cinemas in the 20th Century (optional module)
Level: M Credits: 20
Start Date: Monday 6th October 2008
End Date: Friday 12th December 2008
Final assessment to be submitted: Monday 19th January 2009
Delivery: Distance Learning (Online)
This module enables students to work in a multidisciplinary area and to acquire a philosophical perspective of contemporary cinema.
>> more information about the Space and European Cinemas module
Stars (optional module)
Level: M Credits: 20
Start Date: Monday 6th October 2008
End Date: Friday 12th December 2008
Assessment to be submitted: Thursday 15th January 2009
Delivery: Distance Learning (Online)
This module investigates how Stars become iconic; how they are signs of the indigenous cultural codes, as well as embodiments of resistance to (or reflections of) ideological institutions. We shall also examine how Stars reflect national preoccupations and the ways in which we derive pleasure from their performance.
>> more information about the Stars module
Starting January 2009
Dissertation (Film MA) (core module for masters award)
Level: M Credits: 60
Start Date: Students who have a compelling case to begin their dissertation from 6th October 2008 are asked to please contact the Programme Director. All other students will begin this module on Monday 12th January 2009.
Assessment to be submitted: By mid-September 2009
Delivery: Distance Learning (email)
This module is undertaken by students independently, with support from tutors via email. It provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate how the theoretical and methodological issues of their MA relate to a topic of their choice. Students can opt for a written dissertation, or dissertation by film; those chosing dissertation by film must demonstrate how the film theory, on the modules they have studied, informs their film practice.
>> more information about the Film MA Dissertation module
European Directors (optional module)
Level: M Credits: 20
Start Date: Monday 12th January 2009
End Date: Friday 20th March 2009
Assessment to be submitted: Thursday 30th April 2009
Delivery: Distance Learning (Online)
This optional module introduces students to some of the major European directors across both art cinema and popular mainstream cinema. Students will study these directors in the historical, cultural and economic context of the director's national cinema, and will consider how these directors work within, but also (and where appropriate) beyond, the framework and confines of their national cinema.
>> more information about the European Directors module
Video Making (optional module)
Level: M Credits: 40
Start Date: Monday 12th January 2009
End Date: Friday 20th March 2009
Assessment to be submitted: Monday 11th May 2009
Delivery: Distance Learning (independent study supported by online discussion)
In this module students will make and submit a 5-8 minute short film working on Digital Video (DV). The film can be a documentary, a narrative film or video-art but must be an example of theory-based practice. This module is for students who have previous experience of DV filmmaking. Students must ensure that they have access to DV equipment (cameras and editing facilities) before selecting this module.
>> more information about the Video Making module