CINEMA & SOCIAL STUDIES (5 SCU)
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to Describe how society influences film and how film influences society; Analyze how film represents society; Explain theoretical concepts in social studies relevant to film studies; Utilize multi-disciplinary approach to analyze the interplay between society and film text; Demonstrate the ability to produce written or video essay on film & society.
Topics:
This class engages students to look carefully on the relationship between film and society. Students will be exposed mainly with how society influences film and how film influences society. In this framework, film regarded as cultural object. Hence, students will be introduced to basic concepts related to cultural studies such as meaning, articulation, ideology, representation, and hegemony. Social practices of film such as propaganda film will also being reviewed in this class. This course introduce students to basic theories used in film studies in which relations between cinema and society are being framed such as race/class/gender; theories of representation; cultural capital and artistic production; orientalism and postcoloniality, etc. Students will watch films, learn about their historical contexts, and subsequently dissect them in details using the concepts.
Pre-requisite: None
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