Bachelor of Arts Honours in Film and Visual Media
Culture and Arts - Visual Arts
Purpose and Rationale
Bachelor of Arts Honours in Film and Visual Media
Purpose:
The purpose of the Bachelor of Arts Honours in Film and Visual Media is to prepare learners:
- For research so they will be able to critically view films in terms of both local and global, past and present cross-medial image traditions in the arts.
- To understand and interpret film and visual media as aesthetic and cultural texts.
- To grasp the histories and theories surrounding film production.
- To reflectively integrate these forms of knowledge in their own film production.
Thus, this qualification effectively integrates all the major strands of film Studies: history, analysis, hermeneutics, theory, and production.
Rationale:
The Bachelor of Arts Honours in Film and Visual Media (BAHons (Film and Visual Media)) has been developed to offer an inter-disciplinary Postgraduate course in Film and Visual Media studies. In a globalized world in which visual media is of paramount importance in every sphere of life, the qualification develops the local professional landscape in both a direct and indirect sense: firstly, by producing well-integrated learners who could work in the public broadcasting or film industries, and secondly, by producing learners who are able to reflect critically upon these industries and their products.
Outcomes
- Understanding of key theories and research methodologies of visual examples and texts in Film and Visual Media Studies, including History and Analysis.
- Interpret films, and recognise the biases of specific interpretation theories.
- Demonstrate an understanding of film as part of local and global, past and present cross-media image traditions and contexts in the arts and in visual culture.
Assessment Criteria
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
- Critically applying concepts: Analyse films as aesthetic, narrative, and/or cultural texts.
- Discussion of key theories: Critically discuss theories of Film and Visual Media in seminars.
- Research methodologies: Apply appropriate methodologies and reflect on the suitability of choices.
- Interpretations of films: Produce written and oral interpretations considering shortcomings of other theories.
- Understanding of Film History: Understand different eras in the History of Film and align with events and practitioners.
- Interrogating multiple sources: Evaluate knowledge from various sources in Film History.
- Ethical issues: Identify and address ethical issues based on critical reflection.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
- Production of a film: Research and produce a short film/documentary/music video independently.
- Critical contextualisation: Contextualise the production in terms of cinematographic techniques and imagery within the field and history of film.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
- Information gathering and synthesis: Critically review information gathering, synthesis, evaluation, and management processes in Film History.
- Creative problem-solving: Develop creative responses to problems facing the film industry.
- Reflection on Film Production practices: Reflect on key practices and notions of Film Production to solve specific problems.
Integrated Assessment:
- Assessment procedures: Clearly stipulate assessment procedures and criteria according to the institution's policy.
- Evidence of learning: Collect various kinds of evidence to monitor student progress.
- Feedback: Provide constructive feedback on the learning process and progress in oral and/or written format.
- Assessment instruments: Use continuous assessment seminars, essays, and examinations in Film History and Approaches to the Moving module.
- Studio practice and research project: Assess learners continuously in planning, filming, and finalising five short films in a group.
Qualification Details
- Type
- Honours Degree
- NQF Level
- 08
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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