Film & Media Studies

This course provides an overview of working in the United Kingdom and of the current economic situation in the country. It further discusses how the economic situation affects the workplace, how students can integrate into British working life, and how they can make the most of their internship placements. Topics include current political and economic climate, national legal framework, structure and workflow, integration of immigrants into the workforce, discrimination in the workplace, and comparison between U.K. and U.S. work experiences.

This course adheres to the concept of general education, based on the main body of film art, and also on the appeal of film works and the unique analysis of artistic styles. It uses film case analysis as a method and audiovisual language as a basic tool. The audio-visual language and narrative techniques of movies are studied for their artistic and ideological nature, so that students can understand the rules of film art creation, and master the great aesthetic value of the film (ideological and emotional), so as to cultivate their thinking ability and creative ability.

Cinema dance is an intensive workshop to make a short film. The practicum is offered over four intensive days under the supervision of FAMU faculty. Entering the practicum with an explored given theme, students (in teams of five) proceed through all stages to the production of a 5-minute narrative film. Stages include preparation of screenplay under mentorship supervisor, creating shot list, rehearsing actors, receiving instruction on technical equipment, shooting on location, and the post-production processes of editing and creating a soundtrack. Every phase of their work is carried out under the supervision of faculty mentors, and the support of FAMU production staff.

This course provides a way to deeply understand the relationship between micro-films and micro-eras. Take micro-films as a social and historical phenomenon in the micro-era, as a testimony to a cultural state, and to study things that can extend or change certain social reality. On the one hand, it organizes and summarizes the definition, classification, origin and attributes of micro-films in the micro-era with rich data and case analysis combined with theoretical knowledge; on the other hand, conducts in-depth analysis and interpretation of micro-films according to the themes and narrative methods through thematic forms. It is divided into ten topics including growth topic, old age topic, love topic, experimental narrative topic, poetic narrative topic, interview narrative topic, human nature topic, life perception topic, human geography topic, and micro-record topic.

This course deals with the most important developments in the history of the media concerning social aspects and key perspectives on them; special emphasis is placed on Swedish circumstances and present-day social media, which are approached from a historical perspective. Students focus on the different historical forms of participatory media and the changing concept of the audience.