Film Studies MA  Film Studies MA Kingston University ../webroot/files/Institutions/cover_photo/1534088173Kingston-University.jpg

This course focuses on a range of current approaches to film studies and provides an in-depth study of specific areas of cinema such as American Independent, contemporary European, British and Far- Eastern cinema. You will look at developments in film history and theory by focusing on specific countries and their emerging cinemas. What you will study You will study all that is new, vital and innovative in contemporary and emergent cinemas. You will evaluate and critically analyse a range of perspectives on cinema in light of contemporary developments, shifting cultural alliances and patterns of cross-fertilisations. You will be introduced to the main areas of debate in the history of film criticism, and you will also learn the research skills required to conduct independent study such as your dissertation project. Modules - British Cinema 1960?1990 - Gender and Sexuality in European Cinema - Place and Identity in European Cinema - New Hollywood: From the Mainstream to the Margins - Europeanised American Cinema - Mapping World Cinema - Film Analysis and Theory - Film Research Methods - Dissertation