The Media on Film
Module code: MS3014
This module engages in analysing how various media forms are represented and interrogated through film. The theoretical heart of the enquiry is a postmodernist one, thinking about intertextuality and (self)reflexivities in and across media texts.
Topics covered
- Self-reflexivity and reflexivity
- Intertextuality
- Postmodern film theory
- Cognitive film theory
- Parody and satire
- Media histories
- Media ethics
- Questions of adaptation
- Representational discourses
- The use of comedy for didactic purposes
- Media and film cultures