Aspects of British cinema
Course
In London
Description
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Course
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Location
London
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Start date
Different dates available
Key themes in British cinema and ways of thinking about British cinema.
Screenings of extracts from films, talks by the tutor, reading materials, small and large group discussions.
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About this course
• Evaluate a range of key themes in British cinema
• Explain and evaluate a range of critical responses to British cinema
• Describe the history and development of British cinema
• Evaluate British cinema within a critical framework.
You will require a pen and paper (or laptop/device) but the tutor will provide all other materials.
Reviews
Subjects
- Cinema
Course programme
Early British cinema
• British cinema in the late 1920s and 1930s
• The 'documentary tradition' in British cinema of the 1930s and 1940s
• The 'quality' cinema movement of the 1940s
• New wave cinema of the 1950s and 1960s
• Popular British cinema
• British art cinema
• Contemporary British cinema
• National cinema (British cinema)
• The 'heritage' film debate
• Critical responses to British cinema
• British film history.
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Aspects of British cinema