FM5103 Film Technologies and Aesthetics

2024 to 2025 Semester 1

Curricular information may be subject to change

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Key module information

SCOTCAT credits

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SCQF level

SCQF level 11

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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

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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

This module surveys the history of various cinema technologies. Particular attention will be given to the ways in which the emergence of new technologies - such as sound, colour, cameras and camera mounts, varying screen dimensions, and lighting systems - affect aesthetic issues in global cinemas. By taking a global perspective, the module aims to engage these issues in ways that address the cultural and economic conditions that affect and are affected by the adoption of new technologies. The specific technologies addressed in the module may vary over semesters, and in some semesters the focus may be on a single film technology and in others it may take a comparative approach.

Assessment pattern

Coursework = 100%

Re-assessment