Bollywood: a cross-disciplinary study (MUST20007)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5On Campus (Southbank)
About this subject
Contact information
July
Semester 2
Overview
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Indian commercial cinema, affectionately if ignorantly called 'Bollywood' by the West, typically produces extraordinary spectacles of colour, music and dance, whether telling stories of comedy or drama. This subject explores Bollywood film and dance through a blended learning model, with contact hours comprising viewing of films and online lectures with embodied learning through practical rehearsal and performance of Bollywood style dance pieces. Lectures will analyse the ‘rasas’ (or rules) that guide the storytelling in film, and their basis on nine key emotional states. Students will combine this critical understanding with their experience of learning Bollywood dance to undertake a practical creative task. Film screenings will be provided in a cinema and students are strongly advised to attend these to experience them as a community, as is traditional, though they may choose to view them in their own time. The subject objectives are two-fold: to learn about the world’s largest film industry, ‘Bollywood’, through an in-depth study of some of its outstanding examples and to explore and understand the efficacy and inter-relatedness of different ways of learning (critical/analytical, creative practice, embodied knowledge and critical self-reflection).
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this subject students should:
- be able to respond critically to and offer analysis of the narrative structure and cinematic form of Bollywood films
- have acquired an embodied knowledge of the basic movement techniques and styles of Bollywood dance
- be capable of critical self-reflection in response to the theories and embodied practices studied in the subject
- be able to analyse, interpret and creatively respond to the theories and embodied practices studied in the subject
Generic skills
- Develop integrated learning skills, synthesising critical analysis, embodied engagement and self-reflective practices;
- Demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
Semester-long Delivery
- Week 5: Assessment task, comprising an online 30 minute test (10%) and a 500-word piece of analytical writing (10%) [Learning outcome 1]
- Week 8: Written critical self-reflection 1,000 words (20%) [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3]
- Week 11: Creative Assignment, based on knowledge gained from lectures, dance practice and required viewings of films (Equivalent to 2,500 words) 60% [Learning outcomes 1,2, 4]
2-week Intensive Delivery
- Day 4: Assessment task, comprising an online 30 minute test (10%) and a 500-word piece of analytical writing (10%) [Learning outcome 1]
- 1 week after completion of intensive: Written critical self-reflection 1,000 words (20%) [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3]
- 4 weeks after completion of intensive: Creative Assignment, based on knowledge gained from lectures, dance practice and required viewings of films (Equivalent to 2,500 words) [Learning outcomes 1,2, 4]
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- July
Coordinator Helen Gaynor Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Total time commitment 140 hours Pre teaching start date 2 July 2018 Pre teaching requirements 1 screening + 2 lectures, plus readings Teaching period 9 July 2018 to 20 July 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 July 2018 Census date 13 July 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 August 2018 Assessment period ends 17 August 2018 July contact information
- Semester 2
Coordinator Helen Gaynor Mode of delivery On Campus (Southbank) Contact hours Total time commitment 140 hours Teaching period 23 July 2018 to 21 October 2018 Last self-enrol date 3 August 2018 Census date 31 August 2018 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 September 2018 Assessment period ends 16 November 2018 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
27 contact hours (of which a minimum 12 are delivered on campus) as follows: • 12 hours dance (on campus) • 6 x 1 hour lectures (online) • 3 x screenings (approximately 3 hours per film. Screenings will be provided on campus but available online) Readings and assessment tasks in addition to contact hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
- Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Biomedicine
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Design
- Bachelor of Environments
- Bachelor of Science
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022