Film Studies

About this course

Film studies is the critical and theoretical analysis of cinema as an art form, cultural practice, and industrial product. Unlike film production, which is concerned with making films, film studies is concerned with understanding them: how films work visually and narratively, what they mean in their cultural and historical contexts, how they relate to other art forms and to broader social forces, and what the study of cinema reveals about the societies that make and watch it. Film studies draws on visual analysis, semiotics, psychoanalysis, cultural theory, gender studies, postcolonial studies, and genre theory to develop sophisticated ways of reading films that go far beyond simply describing a plot or expressing personal preference. At Sheffield Hallam University you will study this three-year full-time programme, which includes a foundation year, a sandwich year, and a work placement

Where its graduates go

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