ATS3539 · Asian screen cultures

Overview

Asia’s screen industries are among some of the most vibrant and dynamic in the world. From anime and martial arts cinema to award-winning art films, Asian cinema has attracted widespread popular and critical attention. This unit explores the unique films and television being produced from Asia: from blockbusters and remakes to short films and reality TV. Topics that may be covered include technological developments in Asia’s screen industries (from streaming to 3D and 4D formats), to new models of collaboration (co-productions and the rise of Asian film festivals). You will complete this unit with a better understanding of the diverse national and regional contexts for Asia’s burgeoning screen cultures.

Areas of study: Film and screen studies Screen

Offerings

The Handbook publishes no offerings for this unit.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Participate in critical debates concerning Asian cinema and television and demonstrate an understanding of diverse technological, industrial, and aesthetic contexts and considerations for screen texts from Asia.
2. Explain how particular national cinemas in Asia have developed historically, and also how these industries are finding new ways to work collaboratively.
3. Critically analyse different approaches to the study of Asia’s screen cultures and pose real world questions that attend to changing models of production, distribution, exhibition and reception in the region.

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. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.