FILM AND SOCIETY (2 SCU)

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Analyze how film represents society; Analyze the relationship between film and society; Produce written or video essay on film & society

Topics:

This class engages students to look carefully on the relationship between film and society. Using Cultural Diamond as model to explore this relationship, 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.
Prerequisite : FILM ARTISTIC