Film and screen studies - XM0010
Film and screen studies
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Screen industries, technologies and cultures are changing faster than ever before. Learn how to navigate this rapidly transforming environment. What are the social and technological factors that control the screen media we consume? How is our understanding of current issues shaped by what we see on screens?
We look at historical, textual and critical approaches to film and screen. Studies cover Australian, Asian and European cinemas, Hollywood and its institutions, gender in film and TV, documentary film, Australian television, popular television genres, online screen forms and video practice.
Why choose film and screen studies?
You’ll develop advanced critical and writing skills, and build skills in using audio-visual technologies to convey ideas. You’ll be able to understand and apply screen theory, critically engage with cinema practices, and be able to interpret forms of film and television within the context of digital culture.
What will you study?
Studying film and screen will mean looking into topics such as:
- Australian, Asian and European film and television cultures
- Earlier and contemporary popular Hollywood
- Contemporary television industries and practices
- Documentary film and television
- Race, gender and sexuality on screen
- Video practice.
Career opportunities
Studying film and screen will open employment opportunities in:
- Film distribution and marketing
- Festival work
- Curatorship
- Film and television production
- Criticism and reviewing
- Screen media research and development
- Archiving and restoration.
Global study
With Monash’s impressive international links, you’ll get the opportunity to venture into new and challenging contexts where you can apply your expertise.
Short term programs:
Screening Europe: Transnational histories, narratives and identities – Italy.
Exchange programs include:
- Monash University Malaysia
- University of Warwick – England
- Queen Mary University of London – England.
Global Immersion Guarantee:
As a Bachelor of Arts student, you’ll have access to the Monash Global Immersion Guarantee – an opportunity to spend two weeks studying in one of a variety of locations, with airfares and accommodation covered as part of your degree.
This area of study is offered in the following courses or can be taken where you have 8 free electives. To see if you can take this area of study within a double degree select from the course offering below.
- Arts
- Arts and Criminology
- Arts and Fine Art
- Arts and Global Studies
- Arts and Health Sciences
- Arts and Media Communication
- Arts and Music
- Business and Arts
- Commerce and Arts
- Education and Arts
- Information Technology and Arts
- International Business and Arts
- Laws and Arts
- Liberal Arts
- Marketing and Arts
- Politics, Philosophy and Economics and Arts
- Science and Arts
What a week: Film & screen studies
In our Monash Arts 'What a Week' series, two year 12 students hear from industry practitioners about where a Film and screen studies major can take them.
Career opportunities
- Film distribution and marketing
- Festival work
- Curatorship
- Film and television production
- Criticism and reviewing
- Archiving and restoration
Overseas opportunities
Study film and screen studies at universities overseas. You can explore other cultures with units in film and screen studies offered at our Malaysia Sunway campus, as well as a special unit on international aspects of Australian cinema at our centre in Prato, Italy.