FM4104 Film and History

Academic year

2024 to 2025 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.

Planned timetable

To be confirmed.

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

To be arranged

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

Module description

Exploring the complex links between cinema and history, this course will introduce students to key methods and topics of film historiography. In 2024/25, the module will explore the historical connections between cinema and environmental crisis, focusing on experimental and non-traditional media technologies and screen cultures (such as scientific imagery, expanded, interactive, and immersive cinemas, as well as games, AR, VR). In connecting technology, aesthetics and the environment across historical periods and contexts, the module will not only excavate how environmental issues have been approached and articulated through different screen media practices, but will also invite fresh ways of understanding, through film history, the most pressing issues of today. How, in turn, can an understanding of film history better prepare us for a rapidly transforming media and environmental landscape?

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisites

BEFORE TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST PASS FM2002 AND PASS FM2003

Assessment pattern

100% Coursework

Re-assessment

100% Coursework

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact

1 two-hour seminar (x 11 weeks), 1 screening (x 11 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours

55

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

Guided independent study hours

245

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

Intended learning outcomes

  • Students will learn foundational methods of film historiography.
  • Students will develop understanding of key areas and topics of film history, learning to correlate their specific research to broader developments in global history from 1900 to the present.
  • Students will gain interdisciplinary experience in moving between methods and topics in History and Film Studies.
  • Students will write for academic and non-academic audiences alike, developing research for academic essays and public-facing media and platforms.