Overview
It will spotlight filmmakers and film talents who have found the city conducive and influential to their creativity. Students will also gain familiarity with the vibrant film culture of the Scottish capital renowned for its festivals and international and local film events and venues.
On successful completion of this Edinburgh - City of Film course at The University of Edinburgh , students will be able to:
- Evaluate, compare and contrast a range of screen representations of Edinburgh.
- Identify cinematic, cultural and socio-political contexts of these screen representations of the city.
- Discuss and critically evaluate film and TV productions by referring to recognised film terminology and responding to secondary reading from texts such as film criticism and journalism.
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Courses
Students on the course can expect to explore a wide range of films inspired by, linked to or made in Edinburgh. For each film students will examine the representation of Edinburgh and consider how the local setting may have influenced its development.
Where possible, students will examine contextual information to evaluate how individual films have played a part in shaping Scottish cinema more generally. The course will also cover the city’s rich moving image heritage in order to familiarise students with Edinburgh-based film events, organisations and venues. In-class activities will be accompanied by accessible educational field visits to locations important for Edinburgh film culture.
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Duration
- Full-time
- 12 days
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Credits
10 SCQF
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Disciplines
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Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Our credit-bearing courses are only available to applicants aged 18 years or over. Applicants should have at least 1 year of undergraduate study experience.
- Applicants should meet the minimum English language requirements in order to fully benefit from, and engage with, Summer School courses. Your English language ability must be equivalent to, or above, 6.5 IELTS overall with 5.5 in each component.
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International
1995 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1995 GBP for the full programme during 12 days. -
National
1995 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1995 GBP for the full programme during 12 days.
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