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2051

MEDIA 307

: Hollywood and its Others
2022 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: FTVMS 202, 307, MEDIA 202
2052

MEDIA 307

: Hollywood and its Others
2020 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: FTVMS 202, 307, MEDIA 202
2053

MEDIA 309

: Watching Television
2020 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 211, 309, MEDIA 211
2054

MEDIA 313

: Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand
2022 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and/or Screen Production
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
2055

MEDIA 313

: Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand
2021 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and/or Screen Production
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
2056

MEDIA 313

: Cinema of Aotearoa New Zealand
2020 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and/or Screen Production
Restriction: FTVMS 208, 300, MEDIA 213
2057

MEDIA 314

: Social Media
2024 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: COMMS 204, MEDIA 214
2058

MEDIA 314

: Social Media
2022 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 60 points at Stage II
Restriction: COMMS 204, FTVMS 235, 335, MEDIA 214
2059

MEDIA 315

: Action Films
2025 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: MEDIA 221
2060

MEDIA 315

: Action Films
2023 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: FTVMS 221, 315, MEDIA 221
2061

MEDIA 315

: Action Films
2021 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 221, 315, MEDIA 221
2062

MEDIA 317

: Screen Tools
2020 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: Academic Head or nominee approval
Restriction: FTVMS 317
2063

MEDIA 319

: Science Fiction Media
2021 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 224, 319, MEDIA 224
2064

MEDIA 319

: Science Fiction Media
2020 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 224, 319, MEDIA 224
2065

MEDIA 323

: Popular Music on Screens
2023 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
2066

MEDIA 323

: Popular Music on Screens
2021 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Anthropology
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
2067

MEDIA 323

: Popular Music on Screens
2020 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Anthropology
Restriction: FTVMS 218, 323, MEDIA 218
2068

MEDIA 326

: Memory and Media
2021 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 219, 326, MEDIA 219
2069

MEDIA 327

: Comics and Graphic Storytelling
2025 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: MEDIA 222
2070

MEDIA 327

: Comics and Visual Narrative
2023 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
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
2071

MEDIA 327

: Comics and Visual Narrative
2021 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
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
2072

MEDIA 328

: Video Games: Theory and Culture
2024 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: MEDIA 212
2073

MEDIA 328

: Video Games: Theory and Culture
2022 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 212, 328, MEDIA 212
2074

MEDIA 328

: Video Games: Theory and Culture
2020 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.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 212, 328, MEDIA 212
2075

MEDIA 329

: Special Topic: Race, Indigeneity and the Media
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television