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This module will introduce you to key technological, social, and cultural developments that have marked the international development of cinema. You will learn how filmmakers have exploited a wide range of technologies in their filmmaking, and in doing so shaped the evolution of both filmmaking and film technologies. In doing so you will also evaluate the intricate relationship between film technology and aesthetics. Specific areas of consideration include framing, composition within the frame, colour, tone, lens choices, rhythm, editing, sound, exhibition formats, and genre. This exploration will direct you to consider how film borrowed from and contributed to the other arts. These studies will help you to develop a foundational understanding of film historiography, and to improve your analytical and critical skills. This knowledge will underscore your studies across all practical and academic studies of film across your degree.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: Gain an appreciation of the evolution and use of film technology across the medium’s history;
LO2: Develop insight into the relationship between the evolution of film technology and the medium’s social and cultural contexts;
LO3: Recognise the diversity and complexity of film practice throughout film’s history;
LO4: Explore how historiographic methods that have been used to construct film history.