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FILM2005 Moving Pictures: Cinema and the Visual Arts

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Film Studies
Offered in FILM2005 will not be offered in 2011
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

Through a close analysis of selected feature films which utilise artistic and art-historical references as part of their expressive strategies, the course will explore both the nature of visual representation, common to cinema and the visual arts, as well as the particular characteristics which distinguish each of these as separate art forms. Among the films studied: Minnelli's An American in Paris, Tarkovsky's Andrej Rublev, Jarman's Caravaggio, Greenaway's The Draughtsman's Contract, Welles' F for Fake, and Ruiz's Hypothesis of a Stolen Painting.

Indicative Assessment

Two 2,000 word essays and a tutorial presentation.

Workload A one 1-hour lecture, a one 1-hour tutorial/seminar and a screening per week
Requisite Statement

For the Film Studies major, Intro to Film Studies FILM1002 and Intro to Film Genres FILM 1003 for students taking it for Art History, Intro to Art History ARTH1002 and Intro to Modern Art ARTH1003; or two courses from the Faculty of Arts or the permission of the Film Studies Convener.

Prescribed Texts

Dalle Vacche, A., Cinema and Painting: How art is used in film, London: Athlone, 1996

Majors/Specialisations Cinemedia, Digital Humanities, and Film Studies
Programs Bachelor of Arts (New Media Arts)
Academic Contact Dr Gino Moliterno

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