ATS3539 Asian screen cultures
Faculty of Arts
ATS3539 Asian screen cultures is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3539
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3539
No unit lists ATS3539 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units. As this is a third-year level unit, it is recommended that students only take this unit after they have completed at least one second-year level unit in Film and screen studies.
Prohibition: ATS2539
Overview
Asia’s screen industries are among some of the most vibrant and dynamic in the world. From anime and martial arts cinema to award-winning art films, Asian cinema has attracted widespread popular and critical attention. This unit explores the unique films and television being produced from Asia: from blockbusters and remakes to short films and reality TV. Topics that may be covered include technological developments in Asia’s screen industries (from streaming to 3D and 4D formats), to new models of collaboration (co-productions and the rise of Asian film festivals). Students will complete this unit with a better understanding of the diverse national and regional contexts for Asia’s burgeoning screen cultures.
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3539.
Assessment
- Tutorial PresentationPresentation10%
- Research EssayWritten60%
- Online Visual TestQuiz / Test30%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Participate in critical debates concerning Asian cinema and television and demonstrate an understanding of diverse technological, industrial, and aesthetic contexts and considerations for screen texts from Asia.
- 2
Explain how particular national cinemas in Asia have developed historically, and also how these industries are finding new ways to work collaboratively.
- 3
Critically analyse different approaches to the study of Asia’s screen cultures and pose real world questions that attend to changing models of production, distribution, exhibition and reception in the region.
Workload and teaching
- Lectures12 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
ATS3539 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Olivia Khoo
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Olivia Khoo
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3539?
ATS3539 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3539 offered?
ATS3539 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ATS3539?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3539 have an exam?
No. ATS3539 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3539?
ATS3539 is part of Film and screen studies; and Screen.