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2051

MEDIA 236

: 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: 15 points from COMMS 100, 104, FTVMS 100, 101, 110, MEDIA 101 and 45 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 236, 336, MEDIA 336
2052

MEDIA 236

: 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: 15 points from COMMS 100, 104, FTVMS 100, 101, 110, MEDIA 101 and 45 points in BA courses
Restriction: FTVMS 236, 336, MEDIA 336
2053

MEDIA 237

: 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: 15 points at Stage I in Media and Screen Studies, and 30 points passed
Restriction: SCREEN 201, MEDIA 337
2054

MEDIA 237

: 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: 15 points at Stage I in Media and Screen Studies, and 30 points passed
Restriction: SCREEN 201, MEDIA 337
2055

MEDIA 238

: 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 creating 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: 15 points at Stage I in Media and Screen Studies, and 30 points passed
Restriction: COMMS 309, MEDIA 338
2056

MEDIA 241

: Writing Screen Stories
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Focuses on the fundamentals and principles of dramatic writing for screen. Encourages students to explore narrative strategies from film and television to understand the mechanics of screen stories and to write meaningful screenplays in their own voice.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 15 points at Stage I in Media and Screen Studies and 30 points passed
Restriction: MEDIA 341
2057

MEDIA 301

: Contemporary Chinese Media
2021 Summer School (1210)
Focuses on the evolution of media industries and the growth of new media in contemporary China. Investigates a range of media formats in relation to media policies and media production, circulation and consumption. Addresses these issues against the backdrop of the broader aesthetic and socio-cultural influences in contemporary China.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media, Film and Television or Communication
Restriction: MEDIA 201
2058

MEDIA 307

: Hollywood and its Others
2024 Semester Two (1245)
An investigation of Hollywood’s interactions with European and Asian cinema, with a particular focus on its industrial, aesthetic, and cultural aspects. Students will gain a historical understanding of Hollywood cinema and how its relationships with other film cultures have shaped the dynamics of global cinema.
Subject: Media, Film and Television
Prerequisite: 30 points at Stage II in Media and Screen Studies or Transnational Cultures and Creative Practice
Restriction: MEDIA 202
2059

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
2060

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
2061

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
2062

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
2063

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
2064

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
2065

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
2066

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
2067

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
2068

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
2069

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
2070

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
2071

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
2072

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
2073

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
2074

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
2075

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