FM4133 Cinema Exhibition and Spectatorship

Academic year

2025 to 2026 Semester 2

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

30

The Scottish Credit Accumulation and Transfer (SCOTCAT) system allows credits gained in Scotland to be transferred between institutions. The number of credits associated with a module gives an indication of the amount of learning effort required by the learner. European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits are half the value of SCOTCAT credits.

SCQF level

SCQF level 10

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF) provides an indication of the complexity of award qualifications and associated learning and operates on an ascending numeric scale from Levels 1-12 with SCQF Level 10 equating to a Scottish undergraduate Honours degree.

Availability restrictions

30 credit module designed for Honours students in Film Studies. Students in other Honours degrees courses can apply to the Director of Undergraduate Studies. Student numbers will be capped.

Planned timetable

TBC

This information is given as indicative. Timetable may change at short notice depending on room availability.

Module coordinator

Dr J S Mulvogue

Dr J S Mulvogue
This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module Staff

Dr Jessica Mulvogue

This information is given as indicative. Staff involved in a module may change at short notice depending on availability and circumstances.

Module description

Film exhibition is an understudied area in the field of film history. As a site of study, it brings together considerations of business and industry, architecture and programming, audience reception and memory, and theories and practices of film spectatorship. Since its beginnings, cinema has been viewed in variety of theatrical and non-theatrical exhibition contexts that provide information and insight into changing screen cultures. This module examines the global history of film exhibition and spectatorship, understanding cinema to be less an art form than a social and cultural site that has historical, economic, and political import. Looking closely at various case studies comprising both theatrical and nontheatrical exhibition, the module introduces students to a range of historical exhibition practices and theories of spectatorship as it exemplifies a variety of methodologies in film exhibition studies, including archival work, audience reception studies, and oral history.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS FM2002 AND PASS FM2003

Assessment pattern

Coursework= 100%

Re-assessment

N/A

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

One 2-hour seminar and one 2.5-hour screening (x10/11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

50

The number of compulsory student:staff contact hours over the period of the module.

Guided independent study hours

260

The number of hours that students are expected to invest in independent study over the period of the module.

Intended learning outcomes

  • develop a broad, critical understanding of the global history of film exhibition
  • understand the key concepts of cinema spectatorship
  • engage creatively and critically with a variety of primary sources, methodologies, and writing genres that underpin contemporary studies in film exhibition and spectatorship
  • critically articulate their own spectatorial practices in the ‘post-moviegoing age.’
  • develop research, critical, and practical writing and oral skills that are necessary for academic research, and which are transferrable to industry, administrative, and non-profit jobs.