BA (Hons) Media, Film and Television Studies with Foundation Year

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the major concepts in the study of media, communication and culture. The module explores how concepts can be applied to enable and enhance understanding of media, communications and culture in a global, digital age.

The aim of this module is to introduce students to the ways in which media, culture and society interact. The module will investigate the context of media production and consumption, as well as identifying the ways in which media texts construct meaning.

This module aims to introduce you to a variety of factual genres encompassing national and trans-national perspectives. As hybridity is seen now as an essential characteristic of factuality, this module analyses the boundaries between fact and fiction in various popular factual formats and examines a variety of critical approaches and perspectives by scholars and practitioners of film and media in relation to the production of documentary and reality TV.

This module will introduce students to the devices and concepts of narrative structure in film, and provide models with which to analyse narrative and its various functional elements. We will consider the particular aspects of film narrative, and how these have been drawn from and, in turn, influenced other narrative forms. This will include addressing the processes through which written and graphic text, and dramatic performance, become transferred and adapted into film narrative. These issues will be explored further through a group assessment exercise in which a scene from a short written narrative will be adapted into a scene from a screenplay.

This module introduces you to a number of theoretical approaches to the academic study of film and television. By studying theories such as authorship, audiences, genres, psychoanalysis and postmodernism you will become acquainted with key concepts that will structure your ongoing studies.

The module aims to bring a number of theories of spectatorship and reception to bear on spectacular films such as the epic, the blockbuster, and the musical, analysing them through historical and contemporary perspectives The module will engage with narrative theory as relevant to spectacle and will also consider the role of spectacle in the documentary film. The module will also examine the notion of transgressive pleasure in the spectacle of violence on screen.

This module takes a particular case study (or case studies) of a chosen global cinema. It begins with an appraisal of authorship, stardom, narrative structure and contemporary trends within the global cinema example and also considers specific regional production in terms of realism, stylistic development, and censorship. The module aims to analyse the various forms and styles of the particular global cinema example within the appropriate historical, ideological, economic and cultural contexts. It also aims to evaluate and synthesise critical debate surrounding films from the particular case study.

This module explores the impacts of globalisation on media, communication, culture and everyday life. It examines arguments concerning the alienating and isolating nature of global media and global cultural consumption. It addresses new ideas by leading theorists of globalisation and presents case studies of new media use, the (global) anti-globalisation movement and the notion of 'diversity' in cultural consumption.

The module aims to provide students with the opportunity to independently select and research in depth a specific topic in the field of Media and Cultural Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Broadcast Journalism or Public Relations.

The module aims to introduce students to the role ethical considerations play in the context of the professional media or public relations environments. Using a case study approach, the module will seek to examine the nature of ethical dilemmas encountered in a professional environment, and will explore the problems that arise in attempting to resolve such dilemmas. Students will be introduced to a range of ethical positions and will be encouraged, through the use of case studies and also through the use of the e-forum, to consider the resources such theories might make available to them when seeking to deal with ethical issues in a professional environment.

This module addresses the revolutionary drive in filmmaking in the 1960s and 1970s in a variety of national cinemas, including the French Nouvelle Vague, the British New Wave and some non-Western cinemas. These films challenged the social status quo by drawing attention to the reality of life for working class people. The style of these films was innovative, based on location shooting with a documentary feel. This module will put the films into their historical context, while at the same time commenting on the originality of their themes and the pioneering techniques used in making them.

This module explores contemporary culture’s continuous reworking of texts across different media. It investigates film and television adaptation as a heightened example of postmodern approaches to originality and authorship which encourage us to think of “all texts as intertexts, all reading as rereading, all writing as rewriting” (Leitch 2005, p.239). The sessions explore historical explanations of adaptation, from fidelity analysis to dialogism, and apply these ideas to diverse adaptations of both canonical and non-canonical sources.

This module examines contemporary British film and TV drama and evaluates the images within a Postmodern framework. It critically analyses film language and TV style in contemporary texts within the context of specific genres.

The module aims to study the interrelationship of film, science and the construction of gender, looking at science fiction, medical film and television drama, documentary and factual film material. It examines representations of science within science fiction and fantasy and moves to representations of medical science and its institutions, stressing the importance of discourse as a critical tool. Its underpinning theoretical approaches include Kristevan and Freudian psychoanalysis.

This module introduces you to the knowledge and skills required for writing feature articles for print, broadcast and online news outlets. You will be introduced to a wide range of writing structures required for feature articles that could be produced and distributed among various platforms, including social media. A range of activities will be undertaken which will enable you to demonstrate understanding of how to write, to produce and to publish feature articles and to disseminate them via multimedia channels.

The aim of this module is to Familiarise you with the scope of employment and enterprise opportunities available to graduates engaged in the active pursuit of a career in the creative industries. Enable you to effectively investigate and then demonstrate knowledge of the current professional creative industries landscape and to contextualise this in relation to your own career goals and personal development needs To assist you to identify, understand research and reference information pertinent to your personal career ambitions. To provide opportunities for you to utilise written, verbal and visual presentation techniques in order to develop your transferable skills and gain confidence in applying for and attending formal  job interviews. An opportunity to produce a body of evidence to secure the University of Wolverhampton Enterprise and Employability Award You will produce a variety of documents/artefacts to support entry into the creative industries and actively engage in class exercises to enhance your personal development. The exact scope of these will be outlined in the assignment brief in accordance with your specialist subject.

This module aims to investigate issues relating to persuasion, influence and power in public relations, advertising and the media. Students will explore debates around power, persuasion and influence and reflect on current practice in this area.

This module explores the impacts of globalisation on media, communication, culture and everyday life. It examines arguments concerning the alienating and isolating nature of global media and global cultural consumption. It addresses new ideas by leading theorists of globalisation and presents case studies of new media use, the (global) anti-globalisation movement and the notion of 'diversity' in cultural consumption.

The module aims to provide students with the opportunity to independently select and research in depth a specific topic in the field of Media and Cultural Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Broadcast Journalism or Public Relations.

This module examines contemporary British film and TV drama and evaluates the images within a Postmodern framework. It critically analyses film language and TV style in contemporary texts within the context of specific genres.

The module aims to study the interrelationship of film, science and the construction of gender, looking at science fiction, medical film and television drama, documentary and factual film material. It examines representations of science within science fiction and fantasy and moves to representations of medical science and its institutions, stressing the importance of discourse as a critical tool. Its underpinning theoretical approaches include Kristevan and Freudian psychoanalysis.

The aim of this module is to Familiarise you with the scope of employment and enterprise opportunities available to graduates engaged in the active pursuit of a career in the creative industries. Enable you to effectively investigate and then demonstrate knowledge of the current professional creative industries landscape and to contextualise this in relation to your own career goals and personal development needs To assist you to identify, understand research and reference information pertinent to your personal career ambitions. To provide opportunities for you to utilise written, verbal and visual presentation techniques in order to develop your transferable skills and gain confidence in applying for and attending formal  job interviews. An opportunity to produce a body of evidence to secure the University of Wolverhampton Enterprise and Employability Award You will produce a variety of documents/artefacts to support entry into the creative industries and actively engage in class exercises to enhance your personal development. The exact scope of these will be outlined in the assignment brief in accordance with your specialist subject.

This module aims to investigate issues relating to persuasion, influence and power in public relations, advertising and the media. Students will explore debates around power, persuasion and influence and reflect on current practice in this area.