Film Audiences: Theories, Methods and Contexts

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Analyse your research findings
• Design a research proposal
• Present your findings in the appropriate format
• Collect data using appropriate methods and sources
• Deliver work to a given length, format, brief and deadline

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• Methods and sources used to study audiences
• Contexts in which audiences engage with film
• Theories and debates about film audiences
• The cultural and economic significance of audiences within film industries and cultures

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• How to design a proposal for a short piece of audience research
• How to collect data on audiences using appropriate methods and sources
• How to consider the ethical implications of research involving human participants
• How to analyse your research findings with reference to relevant theories and debates about how audiences engage with film in particular contexts

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.