A Briefing on Film and Media Studies

Film versus Media

• The Film side

• The Media Side

Film Studies

• Directors, acting, script writing, cinematography, sound, animation;

• Film history, film from particular countries or particular times;

• Film as art, the play of light;

• Film themes, the mirror of society;

• Box office, marketing, stars and gossip.

Media Studies

• Television, radio ratings;

• Media Ownership, power and influence;

• Representation;

• Agenda Setting;

• New technologies;

• Trends, fashions, indicators;

• Politics, bias, norming

• So, in case you haven’t realised, there is a very long list of topics we could cover in Film Studies and Media Studies.

• I will be cover both topics but I need you to tell me what interests you.

• The genre essay (SAE1) will tend to be about film, but it doesn’t have to,

• The Seminar Paper (SAE2) will tend to be on a media issue, but it doesn’t have to,

• Try to work out what may be part of your future and study more of that.