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2051
MEDIA 307
: Hollywood and its Others2022 Semester One (1223)
An investigation of Hollywood with a particular focus on its industrial, aesthetic and cultural aspects. Students will gain a historical understanding of classical Hollywood cinema, which will serve as the basis for comparison to other national cinemas and/or American independent productions of recent decades.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: FTVMS 202, 307, MEDIA 202
Restriction: FTVMS 202, 307, MEDIA 202
2052
MEDIA 307
: Hollywood and its Others2020 Semester Two (1205)
An investigation of Hollywood with a particular focus on its industrial, aesthetic and cultural aspects. Students will gain a historical understanding of classical Hollywood cinema, which will serve as the basis for comparison to other national cinemas and/or American independent productions of recent decades.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: FTVMS 202, 307, MEDIA 202
Restriction: FTVMS 202, 307, MEDIA 202
2053
MEDIA 309
: Watching Television2020 Semester One (1203)
Explores the historical development and distinctive aesthetic style of television; examines television’s role in the production of individual, national and global identities; and interrogates television’s negotiation of social meanings in the context of everyday life. Specific topics include domestic context; audience reception and negotiation; fandom and celebrity; the regulation of childhood; commodity culture and tabloid television.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 211, 309, MEDIA 211
Restriction: FTVMS 211, 309, MEDIA 211
2054
MEDIA 313
: Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand2022 Semester Two (1225)
Traces a thematic history of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand from the mid-1980s until the present. Locates a range of films in their historical, social and political contexts by concentrating on issues that arise for a small nation defined by indigenous and settler relations, immigration and globalisation.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and/or Screen Production
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
2055
MEDIA 313
: Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand2021 Semester One (1213)
Traces a thematic history of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand from the mid-1980s until the present. Locates a range of films in their historical, social and political contexts by concentrating on issues that arise for a small nation defined by indigenous and settler relations, immigration and globalisation.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and/or Screen Production
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
2056
MEDIA 313
: Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand2020 Summer School (1200)
Traces a thematic history of filmmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand from the mid-1980s until the present. Locates a range of films in their historical, social and political contexts by concentrating on issues that arise for a small nation defined by indigenous and settler relations, immigration and globalisation.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and/or Screen Production
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
2057
MEDIA 314
: Social Media2024 Semester Two (1245)
Addresses issues related to the use of social media and considers in particular the influence of new media corporations such as Facebook, as well as platforms like Twitter, SnapChat, Tinder and YouTube. Explores our cultural practices and social rituals in relation to these peer-to-peer, one-to-many media technologies, and examines this revolution in the media landscape.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: COMMS 204, MEDIA 214
Restriction: COMMS 204, MEDIA 214
2058
MEDIA 314
: Social Media2022 Semester Two (1225)
Addresses issues related to the use of social media and considers in particular the influence of new media corporations such as Facebook, as well as platforms like Twitter, SnapChat, Tinder and YouTube. Explores our cultural practices and social rituals in relation to these peer-to-peer, one-to-many media technologies, and examines this revolution in the media landscape.
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMMS 204, FTVMS 235, 335, MEDIA 214
Restriction: COMMS 204, FTVMS 235, 335, MEDIA 214
2059
MEDIA 315
: Action Films2025 Semester Two (1255)
Investigates action films as a genre and a “spectacle” in world cinema. Considers the aesthetic qualities of the genre and its interaction with the wider context. Issues studied include the relationship between conventions and inventions, the combination of visual and aural spectacle, as well as how identity is articulated through the discourse of nation, gender, ethnicity, age and the landscape.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: MEDIA 221
Restriction: MEDIA 221
2060
MEDIA 315
: Action Films2023 Semester One (1233)
Investigates action films as a genre and a “spectacle” in world cinema. Considers the aesthetic qualities of the genre and its interaction with the wider context. Issues studied include the relationship between conventions and inventions, the combination of visual and aural spectacle, as well as how identity is articulated through the discourse of nation, gender, ethnicity, age and the landscape.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: FTVMS 221, 315, MEDIA 221
Restriction: FTVMS 221, 315, MEDIA 221
2061
MEDIA 315
: Action Films2021 Semester Two (1215)
Investigates action films as a genre and a “spectacle” in world cinema. Considers the aesthetic qualities of the genre and its interaction with the wider context. Issues studied include the relationship between conventions and inventions, the combination of visual and aural spectacle, as well as how identity is articulated through the discourse of nation, gender, ethnicity, age and the landscape.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 221, 315, MEDIA 221
Restriction: FTVMS 221, 315, MEDIA 221
2062
MEDIA 317
: Screen Tools2020 Quarter Three (1206)
Designed to enable students to produce a serial drama, recorded in the television studio with inserts shot on field location. As well as developing technical skills in multi-camera television production, single camera location shooting and digital editing, students will explore the processes of script breakdowns, casting and directing actors. This is an intensive, workshop-style production class drawing on creative and technical skills from drama scripting through to acting, directing and producing.
Prerequisite: Academic Head or nominee approval
Restriction: FTVMS 317
Restriction: FTVMS 317
2063
MEDIA 319
: Science Fiction Media2021 Semester Two (1215)
A critical study of science fiction film, television and new media in terms of themes, aesthetics, technologies, markets and audiences. Emphasises the unique and prominent role of science fiction media in contemporary public culture as a site for engagement with political questions about humanity’s technological, ecological and biomedical futures.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 224, 319, MEDIA 224
Restriction: FTVMS 224, 319, MEDIA 224
2064
MEDIA 319
: Science Fiction Media2020 Semester One (1203)
A critical study of science fiction film, television and new media in terms of themes, aesthetics, technologies, markets and audiences. Emphasises the unique and prominent role of science fiction media in contemporary public culture as a site for engagement with political questions about humanity’s technological, ecological and biomedical futures.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 224, 319, MEDIA 224
Restriction: FTVMS 224, 319, MEDIA 224
2065
MEDIA 323
: Popular Music on Screens2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores relationships between popular music and visual media, such as film, television and online media. Includes analysis of documentaries, feature films, TV shows, music videos and social media platforms. Themes include stardom, fandom, songs, dancing, music genres, technologies and industries. Texts are situated in debates about music media and power relations marked by class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
2066
MEDIA 323
: Popular Music on Screens2021 Semester Two (1215)
Explores relationships between popular music and visual media, such as film, television and online media. Includes analysis of documentaries, feature films, TV shows, music videos and social media platforms. Themes include stardom, fandom, songs, dancing, music genres, technologies and industries. Texts are situated in debates about music media and power relations marked by class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Anthropology
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
2067
MEDIA 323
: Popular Music on Screens2020 Semester Two (1205)
Explores relationships between popular music and visual media, such as film, television and online media. Includes analysis of documentaries, feature films, TV shows, music videos and social media platforms. Themes include stardom, fandom, songs, dancing, music genres, technologies and industries. Texts are situated in debates about music media and power relations marked by class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Anthropology
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
2068
MEDIA 326
: Memory and Media2021 Semester Two (1215)
Explores the relationship between memory and the ways in which it is experienced, represented and embodied through media technologies. Students will examine how film, television and new media have depicted processes of memory and forgetting, and the extent to which these media forms themselves serve as a type of surrogate memory.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 219, 326, MEDIA 219
Restriction: FTVMS 219, 326, MEDIA 219
2069
MEDIA 327
: Comics and Graphic Storytelling2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores the medium of comics both as a visual language and as a means of communication. Beginning with a history of comics, the course considers a variety of storytelling techniques, ranging from comics journalism to graphic medicine, from activism to indigeneity, as well as superheroes, the underground, and manga.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: MEDIA 222
Restriction: MEDIA 222
2070
MEDIA 327
: Comics and Visual Narrative2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores the medium of comics both as an expression of popular culture and as a visual language. Beginning with a history of sequential graphic narrative, the course considers issues around the legitimacy of a popular art form and means of story-telling, as well as the problem of censorship that dominated comics culture especially in the 1950s.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: FTVMS 222, 327, MEDIA 222
Restriction: FTVMS 222, 327, MEDIA 222
2071
MEDIA 327
: Comics and Visual Narrative2021 Semester One (1213)
Explores the medium of comics both as an expression of popular culture and as a visual language. Beginning with a history of sequential graphic narrative, the course considers issues around the legitimacy of a popular art form and means of story-telling, as well as the problem of censorship that dominated comics culture especially in the 1950s.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media, Film and Television or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: FTVMS 222, 327, MEDIA 222
Restriction: FTVMS 222, 327, MEDIA 222
2072
MEDIA 328
: Video Games: Theory and Culture2024 Semester One (1243)
A study of video games as a new media form situated in the broader context of media theory and history. Considers video gaming as an industry, as a leisure activity, and as a site of aesthetic and narrative innovation. The course examines what makes video games a distinctive media form.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: MEDIA 212
Restriction: MEDIA 212
2073
MEDIA 328
: Video Games: Theory and Culture2022 Semester One (1223)
A study of video games as a new media form situated in the broader context of media theory and history. Considers video gaming as an industry, as a leisure activity, and as a site of aesthetic and narrative innovation. The course examines what makes video games a distinctive media form.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 212, 328, MEDIA 212
Restriction: FTVMS 212, 328, MEDIA 212
2074
MEDIA 328
: Video Games: Theory and Culture2020 Semester Two (1205)
A study of video games as a new media form situated in the broader context of media theory and history. Considers video gaming as an industry, as a leisure activity, and as a site of aesthetic and narrative innovation. The course examines what makes video games a distinctive media form.
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 212, 328, MEDIA 212
Restriction: FTVMS 212, 328, MEDIA 212
2075
MEDIA 329
: Special Topic: Race, Indigeneity and the Media2020 Semester Two (1205)
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
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