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Bollywood: a cross-disciplinary study (MUST20007)
Undergraduate level 2Points: 12.5Not available in 2020
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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
Upon completion of this subject, students should:
- develop integrated learning skills, synthesising critical analysis, embodied engagement and self-reflective practices;
- demonstrate capacities for artistic imagination, creativity, transformation and interpretation.
Last updated: 10 October 2023
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: 10 October 2023
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Assessment task, comprising an online test [Learning outcome 1]
| Week 5 | 10% |
Assessment task, comprising a piece of analytical writing [Learning outcome 1]
| Week 5 | 10% |
Written critical self-reflection [Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3]
| Week 8 | 20% |
Creative Assignment, based on knowledge gained from lectures, dance practice and required viewings of films [Learning outcomes 1,2, 4]
| During the assessment period | 60% |
Additional details
Semester-long Delivery
Last updated: 10 October 2023
Dates & times
Not available in 2020
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: 10 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- 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 Fine Arts (Acting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Animation)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Film and Television)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Screenwriting)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Theatre)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art)
- 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.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 10 October 2023