Early and Silent Cinema, 1895-1929

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Effectively research a topic or issue in a local or national archive
• Accurately summarise primary, archival research material as well as published arguments and reports found in secondary sources
• Construct a reasoned argument based on archival research and the analysis of texts, critical material and primary research data

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Understand and engage with the critical debates concerning early film history and aesthetics
• Undertake primary research in a national and local archive in order to pursue a line of historical inquiry
• Apply and test the critical models associated with early film aesthetics
• Organise primary research within the framework of a reasoned and coherent argument

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• Analyse early and silent film texts based on accurate historical understanding
• The historical development of the Hollywood film industry in relation to the European film industry between 1895-1929
• Place local historical archive work within the context of the national and international history of film during this period
• The main issues and debates that surround the study of film in the period between 1895-1929
• The historical development of film exhibition practices between 1910-1929
• Understand the salient historical developments in film history of this period and their significance

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.