Course Description

Course Name

Global Cinema

Session: VSRS3122

Hours & Credits

20 SCQF Credits

Prerequisites & Language Level

Taught In English

  • There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.

Overview

This module will provide an introduction to techniques of film analysis, focusing on aspects such as genre, narrative, and thematic structure, as well as the relationship between film and social context. Students will also learn to analyse individual scenes and sequences, looking at compositional elements such as editing, soundtrack, lighting, and camera angles. Five films will be studied from a diversity of continents.

*Course content subject to change