FILMSTUDIESTheUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpool L69 7ZNT: +44 (0)151 794 2742E: alismith@liv.ac.ukwww.liverpool.ac.uk/film-studies

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Year ThreeFilm Studies DissertationModuleEuropean Cinema: Aspects of RealismPolitical CinemaAmerican Independent CinemaBritish CinemaMusic and AVMedia 3Cinema andNarratives of French IdentityTheGermanCinema Since 1990Images of Geography in Spanishand Latin American FilmItalian Crime Fiction and FilmRealism of the Senses inWorld Cinema

ModulesModules on offer in Film Studies include:

Year OneIntroduction to Film LanguageApproaches to Cinema (Film Theory)Hollywood and EuropeEuropean Cinema in History

Year TwoThe Cinematic CityPropaganda andCensorshipThe Italian CinemaGlobal Media and EntertainmentHollywoodCinemaFilm and the AncientWorldDocumentaryIntroduction to French CinemaSpanish and Latin American Cinemas:an IntroductionGermanCinema from Expressionismto the PresentMusic and AVMedia 2:World Cinema

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These subjects are available as partof ourHONOURS SELECT programme.Choose from over 30 subjects to createyourperfect Joint orMajor /MinorHonoursDegree. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select for further details.

Forme,FilmStudies is all about lookingathowculturessee themselves through their cinema.HereatLiverpoolweare lucky enough tohave thesediscussionswithawide range of filmacademicswhoarepassionateaboutthe subjectand specialists in their respective fields.

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Film Studies at Liverpool offers you thechance to study with recognised scholars offilm cultures and industries around the world,offering a wide-ranging and sophisticatedacademic programme in this critical field.

Our students will come to us with a passionfor film and an eagerness to develop theirunderstanding of themedium and its influence,as well as to broaden the horizons of theirfilm culture. They have an interest in worldcultures and a desire to fully appreciate theways in which these cultures have expressedthemselves through film.We encourage ourstudents to become independent learners,and support them through our dedicated libraryresources, including awide variety of filmsfrom all periods and sources available forprivate study, e-learning initiatives andstructured tasks outside the classroom.

Film Studies is currently available as a Jointor Minor subject. Students who chooseto study Film Studies do so in combinationwith one of over 30 Humanities Subjects.

Film Studies is a cross-departmental subjectwith principal input being from the Departmentof Cultures, Languages and Area Studies,in the School of Histories, LanguagesandCultures, and the Department ofCommunication andMedia in the Schoolof the Arts. Youwill also have the opportunityto studymodules concernedwith filmmusicfrom the Department of Music.

STUDYABROADYouwill have the opportunity to study abroadas part of your degree.We have links withuniversities in Europe, the US, Canada, andin countries across Latin America, which allowyou to study abroad for a semester or a year,depending on your subject combinationand yourmajor study programme. Formoreinformation visitwww.liverpool.ac.uk/goabroad

CAREERS PROSPECTSGraduates of Film Studies from the Universityof Liverpool are well-qualified for all avenuesopen to humanities graduates, andmostparticularly to put their talents to use in thefields of arts administration and teaching.

FilmStudiesFilmshavebeenvital culturaloutputs foroveronehundredyears. Thecontext inwhich theyareproducedanddistributed isconstantlychangingbut their importanceasdocumentsofour timesremains, asdoes thepleasure theygive toaudiencesacross theworldand theirpotential influenceontheway thoseaudiencesmaysee theworld.

Past alumni have found employment ineducation, marketing, festival administration(for example at the London Jewish FilmFestival) and awide range of other fieldsincluding translation and business.

HONOURSSELECTFrom 2014, the Faculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences is offering a new, innovativeway to study.

We are offering amuchwider range of Joint(50:50) degrees across the Faculty. In addition,we are giving you the option to study twosubjects on a 75:25 basis, focusing 75%ofyour time on yourMajor subject and 25%ofyour timeonyourMinor.Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/honours-select orthe separate Honours Select booklet forfurther details.

Subjects which combine particularlywell with Film Studies include:

Modern languagesCommunication andMediaMusicEnglish

This subject can be taken as part ofa Combined Honours degree. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/combined-honoursfor further details.

HOWYOU LEARNYouwill be taught in amixture of formallectures, seminars and small group tutorialswhere a friendly environment prevails.Great attention is paid to giving feedbackon assessedwork and academic staff willtrack the progress of individual studentsand intervene to improve learning.

HOWYOUAREASSESSEDWeuse awide range of assessment typesin Film Studies including group presentationsand exercises in close reading of film extracts,as well as traditional examinations and essays.

Faculty of Humanities andSocial Sciences > School of Histories, Languages andCultures > FilmStudieswww.liverpool.ac.uk/film-studies

Youwill be trained in oral presentation skillsand analysis, in critical use of availableprinted and online sources, and onwritingand examination skills.

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Film Studies at Liverpool combines the existingspecialisms of our contributing departmentsto offer a fully rounded specialist course forthe first time at the University of Liverpool.Our area specialisms include British, French,German, Italian, Hispanic and Latin Americancinemas, and independent American film aswell as Hollywood. Thematic interests includefilm documentary and realism, depictions ofthe city and of cultural exchange, and politicalaspects of cinema.

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Studying Film at 25% enables you to selectthose aspects of the course which linkmostclosely to your Major study programme,or alternatively to develop your audiovisualliteracy and your sense of themediums placein the world.

Following a foundation in Year One, youchoose from a broad range of modulesin Year Two and Three.

For current entrance requirements andfullmodule details, seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/courses

These subjects are available as partof ourHONOURS SELECT programme.Choose from over 30 subjects to createyourperfect Joint orMajor /MinorHonoursDegree. Seewww.liverpool.ac.uk/honours-select for further details.