AMU1223 Film, Television and Screen Studies: Approaches
Faculty of Arts
AMU1223 Film, Television and Screen Studies: Approaches is a level 1, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2024 in Semester 2 at Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2024
- Semester 2
- Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 6 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before AMU1223
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After AMU1223
No unit lists AMU1223 as a prerequisite in the 2024 handbook.
Overview
The unit uses key critical approaches developed within Film, Television and Screen Studies to better understanding the aesthetic and political dimensions of moving image texts. While Film, Television and Screen Studies: Forms looks inwards, exploring moving images through reference to their internal formal properties and techniques, Film, Television and Screen Studies: Approaches, looks outwards, placing texts within their broader contexts: films, television shows and other types of screenbased media (such as online content) are looked at in relation to key theories, such as authorship, genre and ideology, and contexts such as history, society and politics. These topics are explored through weekly screenings, which are examined in relation to a variety of critical approaches and draw on examples from diverse film and television genres, historical periods and national contexts.
Offerings in 2024
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Malaysia | On campus |
| October intake teaching period, Malaysia campus | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Analytical exerciseAssignment25%
- Presentation35%
- Take home final assessmentOther40%
- In-class testIn class test30%
- Analytical exerciseAssignment30%
- Presentation40%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain the purpose and value of key film, television and screen studies approaches;
- 2
Apply film, television and screen studies approaches to the analysis of selected moving image texts;
- 3
Evaluate a range of critical approaches used within film, television and screen studies;
- 4
Analyse the role played by key social, historical and political contexts in shaping the meanings of films and/or television shows;
- 5
Plan and conduct written work that draws on film, television and screen studies approaches to critically analyse moving images
Workload and teaching
- Lectures36 hours
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
AMU1223 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2024 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Jayson Ho
- Dr Chrishandra Sebastiampillai
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Jonathan Driskell
- Dr Chrishandra Sebastiampillai
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for AMU1223?
AMU1223 has no prerequisites.
When is AMU1223 offered?
In 2024, AMU1223 runs in Semester 2 at Malaysia.
How much work is AMU1223?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does AMU1223 have an exam?
No. AMU1223 has 6 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include AMU1223?
AMU1223 is part of Film, television and screen studies.