Unit details
AAM220 - Cinemas and Cultures
| Offered at: | (B, X) |
|---|---|
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| Offerings: | Trimester 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit chair: | L Star |
| Note: Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications. | |
Content
This unit provides an introduction to established and emerging national, transnational and global cinemas of the Asia-Pacific, Africa, South-East Asia, India, the Middle East, Eastern and Western Europe and Canada. It includes indigenous, exilic and diasporic, counter-cinema, and global perspectives, productions, and alternative cinema practices. Cultural industries and counter cinemas are located as struggles for differentiated cultural representations in relation to entertainment industry agendas, and hegemonic or politically controlled cinemas. It offers a broad perspective on film practices from aesthetics and cultural expression to issues of position, power and privilege, voice, and reception.
Assessment
On campus:
Essay 2000 words (50%), In Class Test 2000 words equivalent (50%)
Off campus:
Essay 2000 words (50%), Online Test 2000 words equivalent (50%)
Unit Fee Information
| Student Contribution Rate* | Student Contribution Rate** | Student Contribution Rate*** | Fee rate - Domestic Students | Fee rate - International students |
| $706 | $706 | $706 | $2374 | $2714 |
* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.
