This unit examines the development of film genre in the context of technological and industrial change in the making, delivery and consumption of audiovisual media. The unit considers changing aesthetic, commercial, ideological and social functions of genre in terms of the needs of film industries, filmmakers and audiences. Each year two genre case studies will be covered in depth, such as the action film, the art film, the coming-of-age film, film noir, the gangster film, horror, melodrama, the musical, science fiction, the thriller, or the western.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Film Studies |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Film Studies |
Corequisites
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None |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | Yes |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Richard Smith, r.smith@sydney.edu.au |
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Lecturer(s) | Richard Smith, r.smith@sydney.edu.au |
Bruce Isaacs, bruce.isaacs@sydney.edu.au | |
Tutor(s) | Tanya Pesa, tanya.pesa@sydney.edu.au |