European Cinema module

Mr. K

I'm going to be doing this module next semester, can anyone give me any information on it?

rororoyourboat

Me too! Not looking forward to that three hour lecture on Monday.

Mr. K

Yeah, it's a pretty extreme way to start the week! One of my friends did it a few years ago; she did a project on Nosferatu and it sounded really cool.

ergonomics

I did it at the end of 4th year. Martin Chappel was lecturing then, but he has since retired so I dunno if the module has changed yet.

When I did it the class was split into 2 hours for watching a film and 1 hour for notes/discussion. You'll watch some of the very first films ever made and films all the way up to the present day. The lectures generally focus on certain areas; i.e., Italian film making, Propaganda film, Post-modern film making etc.

What sort of information are you looking for specifically?

Mr. K

You pretty much covered it, I was curious as to how it was structured. Did you enjoy it?

rororoyourboat

Ah, jaysis. I hate filums. THis will be great.

Also, what's the assessment like? Essays/exams?

ergonomics

Yeah I liked it, but it's not for everyone. As much as I enjoyed it, I found it very hard to stay awake during the films because it was on from 3 - 6pm for us. Bringing in food helps though.

Structure wise the lecturers would do about 40 minutes of an actual lecture, giving you notes etc. Then you have a break to get food and this is followed by a film or two, after which there is about 20 minutes for discussion. Discussion is really really helpful so stay for it if you can; a lot of people left at the break.

For us the assessment was a 40% presentation on one genre of film we studied, but not on a film we watched in class. You pick your topic and film and you do the presentation in groups. The rest was a 60% written exam. A 40% presentation sounds horrible but it was one of the easiest things I did that semester.