a. Create resources and lesson plans including different aspects of film theory education that
demonstrates consistency across a given curriculum;
b. Supervise and guide students to critically analyse media messages;
c. Create appropriate resources for lessons using critical thinking and reflective skills;
d. Manage different modes of assessment to cater for all abilities;
e. Guide students to absorb the various methods of research in cinema studies;
f. Prepare students to critically engage with various theoretical and critical approaches in their
analysis of film.

a. Identify film theories within broader theoretical and industrial developments and understand their
various interrelationships;
b. Recall a range of different theoretical perspectives to particular examples from films;
c. Create a comparative and evaluative understanding of approaches to films;
d. Assemble on the basic key concepts and the terminology of film studies in their research;
e. Draw on their improved expressive potential in their critical engagement with film studies.

a. Demonstrate a good grasp of the relevant curriculum at required levels;
b. Apply a broad spectrum of such schools of thought as feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, and
poststructuralism when critically appraising films;
c. Encourage students to develop an ability to conceptualize key aspects of film theory;
d. Apply relevant cultural and theoretical concepts to film texts;
e. Undertake precise close film textual analysis with specialist knowledge;

This module will be assessed through: Class Participation, Assignment.

Core Reading List:
1. Braudy, L. and Cohen, M. (2016). Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings (8th ed.). New
York, NY: Oxford University Press.
2. Carroll, N. (1988). Philosophical Problems of Classical Film Theory. Princeton: Princeton University
Press.
3. Carroll, N. (1988). Mystifying Movies: Fads and Fallacies in Contemporary Film Theory. New York:
Columbia University Press.
4. Corrigan, T. (2015). A Short Guide to Writing About Film (9th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
5. Stam, R. (2000). Film Theory: An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
6. Wollen, P. (2013). Signs and Meaning in the Cinema (5th ed.). London: Secker and Warburg in
association with the British Film Institute

Supplementary Reading List:
1. Arnheim, R. (1957). Film as Art. Berkely and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
2. Bazin, A. (2004). What is Cinema? Vol. I (2
nd ed.). (Gray, H. Trans). Berkeley: University of California
Press. (Originally published in 1958).
3. Bazin, A. (2005). What is Cinema? Vol. II (2
nd ed.). (Gray, H. Trans). Berkeley: University of California
Press. (Originally published in 1959).
4. Bolas, T. (2009). Screen Education: From Film Appreciation to Media Studies. Bristol and Chicago:
Intellect Ltd.
5. Bordwell, D. and Thompson, K. (2010). Film Art: An Introduction (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGrawHill.
6. Etherington-Wright, C, and Doughty, R. (2017). Understanding Film Theory (2nd ed.). London, UK:
Bloomsbury Publishing.
7. Hill, J and Church Gibson, P. (1998). The Oxford Guide to Film Studies. Oxford: Oxford University
Press.
8. Turner, G. (2009). Film ss Social Practice IV (4th ed.). London and New York: Routledge.
9. Perkins, V.F. (1993). Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies (1st Da Capo ed.). Boston, MA:
Da Capo Press.