Module overview
Linked modules
FILM1020 or FILM1001 or FILM2006 or FILM1027 or FILM1020
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the range of realist and documentary cinemas
- realism and documentary historically
- the ways in which the themes explored in this module connect to other international contexts
- the social, political, historical, economic, and cultural contexts of the various forms of realism and documentary
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Organise time effectively
- Communicate effectively in writing
- Independently research appropriate resources
- Critical analyse
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Apply the module’s concepts and themes to other aspects of film aesthetics, and expand knowledge of these themes into other areas
- Engage critically with a range of theories, films, and cultural products
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Seminar | 10 |
Completion of assessment task | 75 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 35 |
Practical classes and workshops | 20 |
Lecture | 10 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Chronicle of a Summer/Chronique d’un été (Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin, France, 1961). Film
Textbooks
Lúcia Nagib and Cecilia Mello (eds) (2013). Realism and the Audio-visual Media. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan.
Christopher Williams (1980). Realism and the Cinema: A Reader. London: BFI.
Bill Nichols (2010). Introduction to Documentary. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
André Bazin (2005). What is Cinema? vol II. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Siegfried Kracauer (1997). Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Anna Jerslev (ed.) (2002). Realism and ‘Reality’ in Film and Media. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Analysis | 40% |
Essay | 60% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Resubmit assessments | 100% |
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Repeat of module | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External