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2076

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
2077

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
2078

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
2079

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
2080

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
2081

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
2082

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
2083

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
2084

MEDIA 331

: Recorded Music and Media Formats
2024 Semester One (1243)
Cultural studies of the sounds and significance of popular recorded music through the media formats in which it has been manufactured, distributed and consumed. Provides a critical introduction to the role of technologies and industries, studios and producers, musicians, music scenes and everyday listening in relation to vinyl records, radio, cassettes, CDs, the MP3 and streaming music.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Anthropology or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: MEDIA 229
2085

MEDIA 331

: Recorded Music and Media Formats
2022 Semester One (1223)
Cultural studies of the sounds and significance of popular recorded music through the media formats in which it has been manufactured, distributed and consumed. Provides a critical introduction to the role of technologies and industries, studios and producers, musicians, music scenes and everyday listening in relation to vinyl records, radio, cassettes, CDs, the MP3 and streaming music.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Anthropology
Restriction: FTVMS 229, 331, MEDIA 229
2086

MEDIA 331

: Recorded Music and Media Formats
2021 Semester One (1213)
Cultural studies of the sounds and significance of popular recorded music through the media formats in which it has been manufactured, distributed and consumed. Provides a critical introduction to the role of technologies and industries, studios and producers, musicians, music scenes and everyday listening in relation to vinyl records, radio, cassettes, CDs, the MP3 and streaming music.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Anthropology
Restriction: FTVMS 229, 331, MEDIA 229
2087

MEDIA 332

: Eco/media
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Eco/media introduces students to the increasingly important and varied role that nature, environment, and ecology play in media, film, and television studies. Students explore how environmentalism is communicated through various media, how the mediation of flora, fauna and the earth’s atmosphere offers powerful new insights into media texts, and how media production and consumption can be analysed using ecological frameworks.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Global Environment and Sustainable Development or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: FTVMS 231, 332, MEDIA 231
2088

MEDIA 332

: Eco/media
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Eco/media introduces students to the increasingly important and varied role that nature, environment, and ecology play in media, film, and television studies. Students explore how environmentalism is communicated through various media, how the mediation of flora, fauna and the earth’s atmosphere offers powerful new insights into media texts, and how media production and consumption can be analysed using ecological frameworks.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Communication or Global Environment and Sustainable Development or Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 231, 332, MEDIA 231
2089

MEDIA 332

: Eco/media
2020 Semester One (1203)
Eco/media introduces students to the increasingly important and varied role that nature, environment, and ecology play in media, film, and television studies. Students explore how environmentalism is communicated through various media, how the mediation of flora, fauna and the earth’s atmosphere offers powerful new insights into media texts, and how media production and consumption can be analysed using ecological frameworks.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Global Environment and Sustainable Development
Restriction: FTVMS 231, 332, MEDIA 231
2090

MEDIA 335

: Visual Culture
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Visual culture is not just part of our everyday lives, it is our everyday lives. This course introduces students to the practices, technologies and knowledges through which visual imagery is constructed and how it circulates. It provides students with the tools for analysing and communicating with various kinds of visual images and objects.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Art History or Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: COMMS 302, MEDIA 235
2091

MEDIA 336

: Horror Media
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Explores horror’s aesthetic, experiential, and political dimensions, investigating why and how it has persisted as one of popular culture’s most vigorous and influential genres. Closely considers a range of classic and contemporary films, TV shows and video games, confronting questions of power, affect, mediation and representation.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: MEDIA 236
2092

MEDIA 336

: Horror Media
2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores horror’s aesthetic, experiential, and political dimensions, investigating why and how it has persisted as one of popular culture’s most vigorous and influential genres. Closely considers a range of classic and contemporary films, TV shows and video games, confronting questions of power, affect, mediation and representation.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: FTVMS 236, 336, MEDIA 236
2093

MEDIA 336

: Horror Media
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Explores horror’s aesthetic, experiential, and political dimensions, investigating why and how it has persisted as one of popular culture’s most vigorous and influential genres. Closely considers a range of classic and contemporary films, TV shows and video games, confronting questions of power, affect, mediation and representation.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 236, 336, MEDIA 236
2094

MEDIA 336

: Horror Media
2021 Semester One (1213)
Explores horror’s aesthetic, experiential, and political dimensions, investigating why and how it has persisted as one of popular culture’s most vigorous and influential genres. Closely considers a range of classic and contemporary films, TV shows and video games, confronting questions of power, affect, mediation and representation.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television
Restriction: FTVMS 236, 336, MEDIA 236
2095

MEDIA 337

: Visualising Screen Stories
2025 Semester One (1253)
Investigates the conceptual and practical dimensions of creating visual stories for screen. Encourages students to explore aesthetic principles from film history and visual culture by using the basic tools of contemporary digital media. Students will develop screenplays, storyboards and lookbooks, and work collaboratively to create short smartphone films.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: SCREEN 201, MEDIA 237
2096

MEDIA 337

: Visualising Screen Stories
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Investigates the conceptual and practical dimensions of creating visual stories for screen. Encourages students to explore aesthetic principles from film history and visual culture by using the basic tools of contemporary digital media. Students will develop screenplays, storyboards and lookbooks, and work collaboratively to create short smartphone films.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: SCREEN 201, MEDIA 237
2097

MEDIA 338

: Creating Advertising: Text, Image, Story
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores the connections between visual expression, cinematic storytelling and commercial persuasion. Students analyse promotional posters, advertising copy and video-based advertisements before going on to create their own persuasive media projects. This course offers a thorough introduction to advertising strategies and industrial practices, and develops students’ skills in promotional messaging and audiovisual storytelling.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: COMMS 309, MEDIA 238
2098

MEDIA 340

: Filmmaking
2025 Semester One (1253)
A hands-on exploration of the aesthetic and technical challenges of cinematic storytelling. Students are encouraged to reflect on filmmakers’ creative strategies and pursue their own choices in relation to camera, sound, lighting and editing. This limited-entry course involves a blend of lectures and studio-based workshops, and emphasises the links between cinematic ideas and the practical techniques used to realise them.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: SCREEN 200, 302
2099

MEDIA 340

: Filmmaking
2024 Semester One (1243)
A hands-on exploration of the aesthetic and technical challenges of cinematic storytelling. Students are encouraged to reflect on filmmakers’ creative strategies and pursue their own choices in relation to camera, sound, lighting and editing. This limited-entry course involves a blend of lectures and studio-based workshops, and emphasises the links between cinematic ideas and the practical techniques used to realise them.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: SCREEN 200, 302
2100

MEDIA 340

: Filmmaking
2023 Semester One (1233)
A hands-on exploration of the aesthetic and technical challenges of cinematic storytelling. Students are encouraged to reflect on filmmakers’ creative strategies and pursue their own choices in relation to camera, sound, lighting and editing. This limited-entry course involves a blend of lectures and studio-based workshops, and emphasises the links between cinematic ideas and the practical techniques used to realise them.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies
Restriction: SCREEN 200, 302