Course Description
Course Name
Amateur Cinema
Session: VGSS3122
Hours & Credits
20 SCQF Credits
Prerequisites & Language Level
Taught In English
- There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.
Overview
Course Aims
1. to introduce students to the theory, history and practice of 'amateur' cinema
2. to trace the critical relationship between 'professional' film culture and the amateur sector
3. to identify significant amateur film practitioners, movements, aesthetics and publications
4. to outline the scale and activity of the amateur film sector
Intended Learning Outcomes may be summarised by the suggestion that, by the end of the option, students should be able to:
On successful completion of the option, students will be able to :
1. show an understanding of the meaning and use of the term 'amateur' in a variety of relevant cultural discourses.
2. demonstrate a facility with modes of enquiry appropriate to the analysis of 'primary' moving image and print evidences of the amateur
3. recognise the specific contributions that a study of amateur cinema might make to understandings of particular notional, regional and local histories of cinema.
4. demonstrate knowledge of selected amateur practitioners, organisations and critical literatures and have deep knowledge of particular examples.
*Course content subject to change