About Film and Television
In this increasingly global and digital age, almost everybody knows something about movies and television programs. We’re all amateur critics, but our teaching program extends and enhances everyday ways of thinking about film and television into more sophisticated and specialised methods and approaches. We aim to create film and television experts, with a specific language and means to critique and analyse film and television.
We focus on Australian cinema and TV, giving our graduates a distinct advantage in the national audiovisual sphere. We also explores the film and television cultures of Asia, the United States and Europe, from contemporary popular Hollywood to alternative film and video, to documentary film, popular television genres, and video practice. It encompasses new screen technologies and the fledgling film industries of lesser known nations. Our teaching program examines television as a prism by which culture and identity may be better understood.
Emphasis is given to a variety of historical, critical and theoretical methods of film and television analysis, including aesthetic, historical and spectator-based approaches, and culturally based interpretations, as well as those that draw on theories of class, gender and race.