Summary

This course is a fantastic opportunity for you to engage with film in a critical and analytical way, and provides an introduction to film analysis, filmmaking, and the film industry in Hollywood, Europe, and across the world.

You will analyse camera work, editing, sound, and performance to explore how processes of meaking-making and emotional manipulation came to light. We will also consider how films reflect the attitudes and ideologies of a particular time, place, and culture.

You will develop theoretical and practical skills by studying a range of films and case studies, exploring film analysis techniques, the film industry and film audiences.

You will focus on a variety of topics and themes, including how a film constructs meaning through the use of film language conventions to provoke a variety of responses from the audience.

This course is a fantastic opportunity for you to engage with film in a critical and analytical way, and provides an introduction to film analysis, filmmaking, and the film industry in Hollywood, Europe, and across the world.

You will analyse camera work, editing, sound, and performance to explore how processes of meaking-making and emotional manipulation came to light. We will also consider how films reflect the attitudes and ideologies of a particular time, place, and culture.

You will develop theoretical and practical skills by studying a range of films and case studies, exploring film analysis techniques, the film industry and film audiences.

You will focus on a variety of topics and themes, including how a film constructs meaning through the use of film language conventions to provoke a variety of responses from the audience, and how analysing a film can enable you to explore personal, social, cultural, political, and ethical issues.