Science fiction cinema: outer space as inner space
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In London
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Ravensbourne University London
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Soho Editors Training
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Academy Class
Course London / Classroom-based£ 497 + VAT -
University College London
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City and Islington College
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Goldsmiths, University of London
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University of the Arts London (UAL)
Course London / Classroom-based£ 498
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Science fiction cinema portrays endless possibilities in the vastness of the cosmos (e.g., Interstellar, Contact and Kubrick’s Space Odyssey). Here we’ll reflect on the genre as revealing insights about our collective unconscious and inner worlds.BIOGRAHICAL DETAILS:Mary Wild is a film lecturer with an academic background in psychoanalytic theory. Her research interests include cinematic representation of identity, the unconscious, mental illness and auteur studies (e.g., David Lynch, Lars von Trier, and Stanley Kubrick). In addition to teaching at City Lit, Mary is a regular speaker at the Freud Museum and Shoreditch House.
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About this course
-Understand how the psychoanalytic approach informs the study of popular image-construction and mythmaking-Learn film interpretation techniques to approach music video and cinema in a deep and investigative way-Gain a different perspective that will lead to a more enriched experience of spectatorship.
There are no additional costs beyond the enrolment fee. Material for taking notes will suffice for sessions.
Psychoanalytic terms will be taught in an inclusive, accessible and engaging way with the help of slide presentations and video montages. Group discussion will be encouraged, and there will be no assignments outside of class.
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- Cinema
Course programme
Looking to outer space as a grand metaphor for the human psyche, we will study iconic examples from the science fiction film genre to uncover embedded hopes and fears transmitted in narrative and symbolic form. The fascination with extra-terrestrial beings, alien technology, strange worlds, extreme distance and longing for contact will be shown to play out in the sci-fi category, in an attempt to cast light in the darkness of inner life. Freudian and Jungian ideas will establish the framework for this unique and thought-provoking exploration.
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Science fiction cinema: outer space as inner space
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Ravensbourne University London
Training London / Classroom-based£ 450 + VAT -
Soho Editors Training
Course London / Classroom-based£ 295 + VAT -
Academy Class
Course London / Classroom-based£ 497 + VAT -
University College London
Course London / Classroom-based£ 125 -
City and Islington College
Course London / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
Goldsmiths, University of London
Course London / Classroom-basedPrice on request -
University of the Arts London (UAL)
Course London / Classroom-based£ 498