Introduction to Film 1: Style and Analysis

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• key methodologies of film analysis and critical contexts
• varied modes of filmmaking, including the specific form and techniques of the Classical Hollywood style
• basic principles of film form, narrative and style
• specialist terminology for formal elements of audio-visual language

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• describe formal elements of audio-visual language and different filmmaking modes using specialist terminology
• interpret how different elements of film form, narrative and style work together to create meaning
• engage with and apply critical methodologies covered in the module

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• effectively research a topic or issue
• construct a reasoned, well argument based on research and analysis of audio and visual texts

The module will cover different modes of filmmaking and diverse filmic traditions. The first five weeks will be concerned with the basics of film language and techniques of textual analysis. The following weeks will focus on other methodologies of film analysis and key critical contexts.

Teaching methods include

• Lectures
• Screenings
• Seminars

Learning activities include

• Independent study and viewing
• Critical thinking, reading and writing
• Engagement in seminar discussions as both speaker and listener
• Preparation of written assignments

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.