Film Audiences: Theories, Methods and Contexts

Learning Outcomes

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
• Theories and debates about film audiences
• Contexts in which audiences engage with film
• 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:

• Design a proposal for a short piece of audience research
• Present your research findings in the appropriate format
• Collect data on audiences using appropriate methods and sources
• Obtain ethical approval for your research project
• Analyse your research findings with reference to relevant theories and debates about how audiences engage with film in particular contexts

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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.