CINE102-18S1 (C) Semester One 2018

The Backpacker's Guide to World Cinema

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 19 February 2018
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2018
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 2 March 2018
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 18 May 2018

Description

This course identifies the formal, stylistic and thematic concerns that are shared, despite their apparent diversity, by a cross section of contemporary films. Students will analyse a selection of notable films from around the world that revise, resist or reject the standard practices or themes of mainstream cinema.

12 films from 12 countries in 12 weeks!  Discover the hidden treasures of contemporary world cinema.  Explore exciting and interesting new films from every corner of the globe. Our friendly and qualified guides will introduce you to films from New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Spain, Sweden, Poland, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Mali and Colombia. This course identifies the formal, stylistic and thematic concerns that are shared, despite their apparent diversity, by a cross section of contemporary films. Students will analyse a selection of notable films from around the world that revise, resist or reject the standard practices or themes of mainstream cinema.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learning Outcomes
  • Basic understanding of filmmaking techniques and their significance within various national cinemas, movements and genres
  • Familiarity with recent trends in world cinema and the relation of contemporary film to other media forms
  • Basic ability to identify relationships between films and their social, cultural and historical contexts
  • Ability to make use of certain concepts and methods of Cinema Studies
  • Ability to write a clear academic essay

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Restrictions

TAFS102

Course Coordinator

Alan Wright

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 1 40% (2,000) words
Test 10%
On-line assignments 10%
Final Examination 40%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading:

A short Guide to Writing About Film, 5th Edition, Timothy Corrigan
Storytelling in World Cinemas, Volume 1 - Forms, Ed Lina Khatib

(Image: "Travelling Boots - Scotland" by Alex Berger, licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.)

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Films include:

• Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Waititi, 2016)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015)
• The Grand Budapest Hotel (Anderson, 2014)
• Blancanieves (Berger, 2013)
• Toni Erdmann  (Ade, 2016)
• Ida (Pawlikowski, 2013)
• The Wind Rises (Miyazaki, 2013)
• Okja (Bong Joon-ho, 2017)        
• Under the Shadow (Anvari, 2016)
• Timbucktu (Sissako, 2014)
• Embrace of the Serpent (Guerra, 2015)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $746.00

International fee $3,038.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

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