AMU3565 · Southeast Asian cinema

Overview

What are the defining features of Southeast Asian cinema and what can they tell us about the culture, society and politics within the region?. This unit examines the cinema from several Southeast Asian countries through the close analysis of key films, the use of a range of critical approaches, and by situating the cinema within the historical contexts of its production and reception. Here the unit investigates the changing nature of cinema in the region, while also exploring the relationships between films and key moments in Southeast Asian history. The unit examines the region's cinema from a variety of perspectives, taking into account critically acclaimed film movements and directors, many of whom have performed well at film festivals across the world, while also discussing the genres and conventions that make up the region's popular filmmaking traditions.

Areas of study: Screen studies Global Asia

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Identify and critically discuss the core issues that define Southeast Asian cinemas;
2. Assess the value of competing critical perspectives on Southeast Asian cinema;
3. Plan and design a research project on a chosen subject on a Southeast Asian cinema and effectively communicate the research findings;
4. Examine the formal features used in a wide range of Southeast Asian films from across generic and national contexts;
5. Assess how some of the key historical developments in Southeast Asia and how these are articulated in its cinema;
6. Apply relevant theories of the moving image to a variety of case studies in Southeast Asian cinema.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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