Languages of the Screen 1 (FLTV10005)

Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)

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Languages of the Screen 1 introduces students to critical motion picture and television industry practices and concepts. Lectures, workshops and seminars cover the practical grammar of the screen and the direction of performance for screen specific practice. Local and visiting industry practitioners discuss current industry practice in a series of guest lectures and Q & As. Students’ Screen Practice 1A work is critically reviewed in this subject, with particular focus on their screen grammar choices and representation of performance.

This subject includes an embedded program in academic literacy skills of analysis, discussion, essay writing, research and information retrieval.

Intended learning outcomes

On completing this subject students will be able to:

  • demonstrate an awareness of performance techniques for the screen;
  • verbally communicate precise directorial intentions to performers;
  • develop skills to direct actors;
  • demonstrate an awareness of screen grammar;
  • critically analyse and discuss the mis-en-scene construction of scenes for the screen;
  • critically and constructively review their own and peers’ screen direction work.

Generic skills

On completing this subject students will be able to:
• plan and organise their work and solve problems;
• lead a team and work collaboratively;
• apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems;
• develop positive self-critical and peer review skills;
• begin to develop a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment.
• understand research practices as a result of preparing materials for online discussion and essays;
• present opinions and analysis in classroom discussion;
• argue lucidly and logically as a result of the planning and writing of essays;
• utilise effective library research skills, including the development of search strategies to find information from a variety of quality information resources, including online databases, books, journals, internet, and a variety of multimedia-rich resources;
• demonstrate effective time-management skills.

Last updated: 3 November 2022