MEDIA 205

Screening Hong Kong


Please note: this is archived course information from 2019 for MEDIA 205.

Description

"Hong Kong cinema is one of the world’s most widely distributed popular cultural genres.” (M. Morris, 2005).

Through examining some of its major genres, the course looks at a wide range of issues reflected in this dynamic and vigorous cinema. By taking into account its aesthetic features and its links with the traditions of Chinese cinema, the course aims to achieve two purposes: an appreciation of film aesthetic styles, some of which are peculiar to Hong Kong cinema; a knowledge of the nature of changes the Hong Kong film industry has experienced as well as its relations to Hong Kong society, particularly since the 1980s.

Students who have completed the paper are expected to

  • Be better informed about the development of cinema in Hong Kong as an industry and mass medium
  • Be more alert to the aesthetic elements that form the film language
  • Be more aware of the film’s capacity to reflect, reveal and shape aspects of society
  • Have a better understanding of the wider disciplinary context for debates in Hong Kong cinema
  • Be more capable of evaluating, applying and presenting information
  • Have an enhanced ability to structure, shape and synthesise information

Availability 2019

Not taught in 2019

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Associate Professor Xuelin Zhou

Points

MEDIA 205: 15 points

Prerequisites

15 points from COMMS 100, 104, FTVMS 100, 101, 110, MEDIA 101 and 45 points in BA courses

Restrictions

FTVMS 205, FTVMS 308, MEDIA 308