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| Unit name |
Close-Up on Television |
| Unit code |
FATV10004 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
C/4
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Dr. Piper |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
none
|
| Co-requisites |
none
|
| School/department |
Department of Film and Television |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This unit equips students with skills in academic writing, primarily focusing on television programmes but more widely applicable to film and other screen media, bringing together textual analysis with appropriate contextual concerns. Students will encounter a range of television genres and be introduced to some of the critical debates relevant to them. They will work on and research a particular case study and develop skills of writing specific to that programme and the issues that surround it.
The unit aims for students are:
- to develop skills in essay writing and academic conventions;
- to develop skills in the disciplinary conventions in writing about film and television;
- to develop skills of formal analysis of television;
- to explore ideas of medium specificity and draw upon these ideas for independent work;
- to develop the skills necessary to pursue an independent research project which involves situating and critically analysing a programme of choice.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
- Analyse and critically evaluate television programmes, drawing upon a range of sources appropriate to research;
- Gather, organise and deploy ideas and information in order to formulate arguments cogently, and express them effectively in writing;
- Produce work which is informed by, and contextualised within, relevant theoretical issues and debates;
- Show awareness of different narrative forms, generic conventions, modes of address, and deploy this knowledge in the context of textual analysis;
- Develop an individual research interest and find, select and use material appropriate to the pursuit of this.
Teaching Information
Weekly 1-hour seminar + weekly 2-hours illustrated lecture
Assessment Information
1500 word essay (30%) ILO 1-4
2500 word essay (70%) ILO 1-5
Reading and References
Lury, K. (2005) Interpreting Television, London: Hodder Arnold.
Creeber, G. (2015) The Television Genre Book, London: BFI
Additional readings will relate to the specific case studies that are chosen.
