LT347-6-FY-CO:
Hollywood Directors
2017/18
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2017
Friday 29 June 2018
30
31 January 2013
Requisites for this module
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If American movies can still be characterised as constructing a dominant image of the United States (not only for the American people themselves but also for much of the rest of the world), then powerful Hollywood directors might be counted as among the most influential and productive figures in the US culture industries. This module aims to consider this idea through examination of the work of Hollywood 'auteurs' such as Chaplin, Hawks, Hitchcock, Welles, and Ford, and of others who partly or largely worked outside Hollywood such as Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, and Spike Lee. Arguably, these figures have had a significant role in mapping the space of America in the popular imagination. While critically studying and interrogating the notion of the auteur, this module covers a breadth of US film history, with genres including the western, screwball comedy, crime films, thrillers, and horror.
Module Supervisor's Research into Subject Area
Professor Geiger is a well-known expert on US cinema with a range of publications in the field, including Facing the Pacific: Polynesia and the US Imperial Imagination, and American Documentary Film: Projecting the Nation. He is co-editor of Film Analysis: A Norton Reader, which is used on film and media courses worldwide.
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One film screening and 2 hour seminar per week
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Essay 1 (3,000 words) |
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46% |
| Coursework |
Essay 2 (3,000 words) |
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46% |
| Practical |
Class participation mark |
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8% |
| Exam |
Main exam: 120 minutes during Summer (Main Period)
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Jeffrey Geiger, email: j.geiger@essex.ac.uk.
Professor Jeffrey Geiger
LiFTS General Office - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk.
Telephone 01206 872626
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Dr Mikel Koven
University of Worcester
Senior Lecturer - Film Studies
Available via Moodle
Of 132 hours, 78 (59.1%) hours available to students:
54 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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