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SPAN2641: Filmmaking in the Latin American Context
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2020 unit information
This unit, taught in English, will introduce you to Latin American film studies, comprising history, theory and criticism through the exploration of 'national' cinema industries. We will examine the history of film production of Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Brazil, looking at the cultural and socio-political context in which filmmaking should be placed. Apart from tracing the history of film production in such countries, we will be focusing on recent developments in this field from the 1990's to the present day.
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Spanish and Latin American Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000 level in Spanish and Latin American Studies or Film Studies or SPAN3001 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the most important issues regarding filmmaking production in Latin America
- LO2. recognize and understand the tensions between global and national markets in the field of culture
- LO3. identify and understand how film production and styles have shaped Latin American cinema
- LO4. use critical tools to locate and evaluate the issues the course explores
- LO5. identify the main historical shifts in film production in Latin America
- LO6. analyse how these elements might have had an impact in the films’ aesthetic and thematic sensibility
- LO7. identify key cultural and social circumstances of film production
- LO8. recognize the tensions between the concept of national cinemas and the conditions of film production in Latin America within the framework of transnational co-productions
- LO9. conduct research informed by a whole cluster of conceptual tools grouped under the umbrella of Latin American Film Studies
- LO10. view film as the end result of a complex and intended process of production in which not only aesthetic and thematic ideas are channelled but also economic circumstances are at play.
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