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COMM388 Visual Pleasures: Film, Gender and Genre

Updated: 05 October 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites any 12cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMM488 or COMM588 or WGCO288 or WGCO488
Notes

offered in odd numbered years
Combined Units COMM588 - Visual Pleasures: Film, Gender and Genre
Coordinator(s) Jane O'Sullivan (josulli@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit develops skills in the analysis of mainstream films and introduces a number of issues related to the conventions of genre and to the representation of such cultural categories as gender, ethnicity, class and sexuality. These aspects of film will be explored through a selection of films and genres including science-fiction, romance, comedy and westerns, and in light of relevant scholarly articles.

Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1: Essay 50% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2 GA: 1, 2, 4
Final Examination 2 hrs 50% 2000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. apply key theories and terms developed in film analysis;
  2. analyse and interpret narrative sequences from feature films;
  3. apply theories of narrative and interpretation in relation to film genre; and
  4. identify and discuss representations and reception of such issues of identity as gender and sexuality in feature films.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will be able to demonstrate awareness of the relationship between gender and genre in mainstream cinema, and of the role of the cinema in the construction of notions of identity. This attribute is formally assessed in the essay and the exam. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
This attribute is taught and assessed in the students' written tasks in response to the visual and aural communication components of film. It is also practised in class and online discussion. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Global perspectives are taught, assessed and practised in their engagement with and responses to social and economic issues of a wide range of identity groups, depicted in films from a wide range of nationalities and cultures. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Information literacy is taught, assessed and practised in relation to the reading, interpretation, analysis and application of information from various written and audiovisual texts. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students will bring these skills and understandings to their viewing and or consideration of films and issues of cultural representations. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving is taught and practised in the engagement with Problem Based Learning scenarios and class or online discussions. It is assessed in the set written tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Social responsibility is taught and practised in this unit in the engagement with complex issues of identity represented and analysed in the texts and secondary materials. 		True True
8 Team Work
Team work is practised in class and online discussions. 		True True
   

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