Module Identifier | TF30920 | ||
Module Title | A CENTURY OF CINEMA 2: ALTERNATIVE CINEMA AND REFLEXIVITY | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Ernest Mathijs | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Pre-Requisite | TF10210 , TF20320 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 20 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 5 Hours | ||
Other | COMPULSORY WEEKLY VIEWING SESSIONS OF 2-3 HOURS EACH | ||
Assessment | Semester Assessment | 4000 word essay | 40% |
Semester Assessment | 3 part portfolio on one alternative film | 60% |
identify and analyse style in alternative films,
work with the concept of “reading against the grain” in studying alternative film
analyse specific instances of reflexivity in alternative films
relate these instances to other elements of the films
make use of reception and audience practices in studying alternative film
Introductory lecture: the importance of style and “reading against the grain” in studying alternative film
The historical Avant-Garde cinema and Artaud’s “theatre of cruelty”
Issues in Postwar and contemporary Avant-Garde cinema
“Rive gauche cinema” and the reception of art-film
Reflexivity as a key concept in (reading) alternative film
Reflexivity and genre cinema: the horror film
Reflexivity and paracinema: beyond conventions of taste
Making films alternative through alternative readings: The Fly
Researching audiences of alternative film: ‘perverse spectators’
Controversy and ‘perverse spectators’: the reception of Crash
Seminar Content:
How to research style in alternative and avant-garde films
Describing art-house audiences from the 60s to now
Researching reflexivity through “references” in film and reception
Marketing alternative and/or reflexive films: S.
Cronenberg and “reading against the grain”: references, topicality and controversy.