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FITV11-130: Screen Style and Storytelling

Description

In this subject, students explore the various creative approaches to screen media through the screening and analysis of Hollywood, independent, international and alternative film, screen and digital content. Students examine the broad range of screen aesthetics by investigating the characteristics of screen storytelling, style, and major genres, and how these characteristics are shaped by social, industrial, and technological changes.  

Subject details

Type: Undergraduate Subject
Code: FITV11-130
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • January 2024 [Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • Communication, Film, and Creative Media
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,050.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $4,260.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,400.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,730.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Identify and describe screen aesthetics and storytelling across various formats.
  2. Define and apply key concepts and terms as they function within screen aesthetics.
  3. Critically examine the aesthetics of screen content.
  4. Curate a collection of critical analyses of screen content.
  5. Develop a screen studies research plan.
  6. Present a screen studies research project in written form.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Subject dates

  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
    Semester start: 15/01/2024
    Subject start: 15/01/2024
    Cancellation 1: 29/01/2024
    Cancellation 2: 05/02/2024
    Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024
    Teaching census: 09/02/2024
Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
Semester start: 15/01/2024
Subject start: 15/01/2024
Cancellation 1: 29/01/2024
Cancellation 2: 05/02/2024
Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024
Teaching census: 09/02/2024