ACF104 - Screening History
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Victoria Duckett |
| Cohort rule: | Nil |
| Previously: | ACM120, ALC106 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | ACM120, ALC106 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus practical experience (screening) per week 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week 1 x 2-hour online practical experience (screening) per week 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This course introduces students to the history of screen culture. It highlights the interests that today shape the ways we interpret and understand our shared cinematic past. Topics explored include early cinema, film genres, feminist film, queer cinema, experimental film and transmedia. We use seminal films to explore these topics.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Describe the development of cinema through its historical movements and milestones. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO2 | Analyse different historical films and film movements | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO3 | Interpret the different styles and movements from screen history using different audio-visual formats | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: A presentation task | 1600 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
| Assessment 2: Mixed media | 800 words or equivalent | 20% | Week 7 |
| Assessment 3: Final essay | 1600 words or equivalent | 40% | Information not yet available |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ACF104 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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