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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2018 - 2019
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Description To develop core foundational skills of reading and interpreting across a wide range of media, including film, TV, Photography as well as Print and 'new' media. Using broad categorising/interpreting tools such as Genre, Narrative, Linguistic, Representation (Ideology) alongside formal/stylistic tools of media conventions, basic semiotics, image analysis etc. to develop a framework for reading and interpreting mass media artifacts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Critically read a wide range of media texts 2. Understand the relationship between media texts and their historical, political and cultural contexts 3. Develop the grammar and language of media analysis to interpret a range of media 4. Apply a study of the signs and meanings of still and moving images 5. Complete a close textual analysis of a range of media texts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Learning Activities Visual Media LiteracyCompositional InterpretationSemiology and Advertising ImagesMedia LiteracyIdeology & PhotographyFilm FormFilm Story-telling: story structure, film narrative and narrationFilm Genres: genre tropes, mythology and marketingDocumentary & Music Videos: moving image mediaNew Smart/Postmodern Film TV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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