MA Film and Screen

Module: 7FI007

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to develop awareness of the theoretical and methodological dimensions of independent research and to consider the scope and limitations of appropriate theoretical and methodological approaches, both disciplinary and inter-disciplinary. It examines issues involved in the design and execution of a research programme including aspects of academic writing and referencing,& nbsp;and aims to develop& nbsp;writing skills as relevant to the requirements of& nbsp;the academic role, including& nbsp;funding bids for research, conference proposals/papers, journal articles and book proposals.

Module: 7PP003

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will examine the representations and appropriations of murder in various media. Focusing on one of more case studies (for example, Jack the Ripper, the Manson Family murders), and drawing on international sources from a wide variety of media and genres, the module will examine the cultural use of extreme crime, its social meaning, and its iconic appeal.

Module: 7FI008

Credits: 60

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The Film& nbsp;and Screen& nbsp;thesis is the culmination of the Film& nbsp;and Screen& nbsp;Master& #39;s programme. It requires students to conceive, plan, research and write up an independent study of 15000 words. The thesis provides students with the opportunity to test their learning, display their subject knowledge and methodological skills, and where appropriate, to propose and apply new hypotheses. It allows students to explore in detail a topic that interests them whilst advancing their knowledge and understanding in the discipline. The thesis develops and consolidates preliminary research carried out in the pre-requisite& nbsp;Becoming an Academic& nbsp;module, which provides a foundation for writing the thesis. An appropriate supervisor(s) will be allocated on completion of a research proposal.

Module: 7FI001

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module examines the ways in which the events of 9/11 and the ensuing & #39;war on terror& #39; have impacted upon& nbsp;cinema.& nbsp;It considers the historical, political and cultural contexts of 9/11, terrorism& nbsp;and the War on Terror, as well as philosophical, psychoanalytical, and psychological responses to 9/11 and terrorism& nbsp;within the contexts of relevant visual media and film discourses. This module further examines the critical reception of& nbsp; film and visual media related to 9/11, terrorism& nbsp;and the War on Terror.

Module: 7FI007

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to develop awareness of the theoretical and methodological dimensions of independent research and to consider the scope and limitations of appropriate theoretical and methodological approaches, both disciplinary and inter-disciplinary. It examines issues involved in the design and execution of a research programme including aspects of academic writing and referencing,& nbsp;and aims to develop& nbsp;writing skills as relevant to the requirements of& nbsp;the academic role, including& nbsp;funding bids for research, conference proposals/papers, journal articles and book proposals.

Module: 7FI013

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

Contemporary experimental film/video and documentary crosses the boundaries from fine art to art house, analogue to digital, and is exhibited in differing exhibition contexts, from the gallery to the cinema. With regular lectures, workshops and seminars, this module will allow Masters students (who will either make a film/video, write an essay, or combine practice and theory together) from within the Faculty of Arts to engage and explore this inter-disciplinary area and to articulate and put into practice projects that respond to the critical, aesthetic and technological demands of the contemporary moving image.

Module: 7FI005

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module explores mediations of national identity within the context of postwar Far Eastern cinematic culture. The module examines the historical and socio-cultural background of these countries, as well as the work of significant directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Kim Ki-Young, Park Chung-Hee, and John Woo. In addition, it analyses important thematic, generic and aesthetic aspects, including, for example, the contemporary commercial success of Japanese horror and anime. Aesthetically, it considers how Eastern culture has influenced the surreal stylistics that govern some Far Eastern films or the themes that permeate them. Centring on filmmaking in countries that have commercially and culturally established cinemas, this module's case studies include the cinemas of Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and China. The first case study will be post war Japanese Cinema.

Module: 7FI006

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to introduce students to a range of texts broadly categorised within the horror genre and to consider the principal debates over the definition, mediation and reception of such texts. The module considers the social, cultural and political contexts of production and consumption, and also examines the origins and historical development of the genre. While it centres on British and American horror, it further considers those European and Asian cinemas that have made significant contributions to the evolution and diversity of the genre.

Module: 7FI003

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to explore the significance of space within contemporary American film. It examines a number of key themes in order to address issues of space within a social, political and cultural framework. The module requires close study of key films and an understanding of the theoretical debates that underpin the cultural articulation of space. The module considers films released from the 1970s onwards which broadly address binaries of space that include public/private, and masculine/feminine as well as spaces of trauma, desire and repression. These entail philosophical, psychoanalytic and postmodern approaches to the interpretation of narrative space and place including theorists such as Julia Kristeva, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard and Slavoj Zizek.

Module: 7FI019

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Optional

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

In this module you will develop a screenplay for a short film, paying particular attention to the techniques and poetics of representing images, sounds and character through words alone. You will therefore (1) complete a series of drafts demonstrating refinement of a screen idea, and (2) produce a spec script capable of being made into a short film.

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Most of the modules are delivered at Light House Media centre which houses 2 purpose built cinemas. Otherwise, teaching is at other appropriate venues on City Campus