Program Overview

University of Cape Town Programs

The University of Cape Town offers a range of programs through its Faculty of Humanities, including the Centre for Film and Media Studies.

Undergraduate Studies

The Centre for Film and Media Studies offers several undergraduate programs, including:

• BA in Film & Television Studies
• BA in Media & Writing
• BA in Film & Media Production: Screen Production

Undergraduate Courses

The undergraduate programs include a variety of courses, such as:

• FAM1001F - Media and Society
• FAM1000S - Analysing Film & Television
• FAM2000F - Writing and Editing in the Media
• FAM2003S - Media, Power & Culture
• FAM2004S - Cinema: Histories and Movements
• FAM2013F - Introduction to Screen Genres
• FAM2014FS - Screen Production I
• FAM2017FS - Multimedia Production I
• FAM3000F - The Media in South Africa
• FAM3001S - Advanced Media Studies
• FAM3003S - Advanced Film Studies
• FAM3005F - Film in Africa
• FAM3016FL/P - Screen Production II
• FAM3017FS - Senior Research Project: Screen Production
• FAM3018FSL/P - Multimedia Production II
• FAM3019FS - Multimedia Production III

Postgraduate Studies

The Centre for Film and Media Studies also offers postgraduate programs, including:

• Honours in Film & Television Studies
• Honours in Film Theory & Practice
• Honours in Media Theory & Practice
• Honours in Political Communication
• MA in Documentary Arts
• MA in Film & Television Studies
• MA in Film Studies
• MA in Media Studies
• MA in Media Theory & Practice
• MA in Political Communication
• Twinned MA degree in Global Media (LSE and UCT)
• PhD in Film Studies
• PhD in Media Studies

Postgraduate Courses

The postgraduate programs include a variety of courses, such as:

• Honours Level Courses
  • FAM4007F - Narrative Journalism
  • FAM4012H - Media Creative Project
  • FAM4000W - Video Project
  • FAM4001W - Research Essay/Project
  • FAM4004S - Avant-Grade Film
  • FAM4008F - Media Theory & Media Research
  • FAM4009H - Media Research Project
  • FAM4010F - Media and Brand Management
  • FAM4011F/S - Media Internship
  • FAM4013F - Political Communication
  • FAM4014S - Political Journalism
  • FAM4017F - Advanced Television Analysis
  • FAM4018S - Crisis Communication in Africa
  • FAM4033F/S - Writing for Television: Honours
  • FAM4036S - Film and Environment
  • FAM4037F - Approaches to Film & TV
  • FAM4038F - Authorship in Cinema
  • FAM4039F - Documentary Film: Forms & Theories
  • FAM4040F - Writing for Film: Honours
  • FAM4041S - Media and the Public Domain
• Masters Level Courses
  • FAM5006W - Minor Dissertation
  • FAM5011S - Media and the Public Domain
  • FAM5012W - Media Creative Project
  • FAM5013F - Advanced Media Methodology
  • FAM5014F/S - Media, Development and the Environment
  • FAM5015W - Making the Critical Documentary
  • FAM5017F - Political Communication
  • FAM5018S - Political Journalism
  • FAM5019F/S - Media Internship
  • FAM5020S - Advanced Brand Management
  • FAM5039F - Approaches to African Cinema
  • FAM5045F - Documentary Film: Forms & Theories
  • FAM5046S - Film and Environment
  • FAM5047F/S - Contemporary Moving Image Theories

Short Courses

The Centre for Film and Media Studies also offers short courses, including:

• UCT Digital Photography online short course
• UCT Copy-Editing Online Short Course
• UCT Feature Journalism online short course
• UCT Web Design online short course
• Impact Facilitator Short Course

SARChI Chair

The Centre for Film and Media Studies is home to the SA-UK SARChI Bilateral Research Chair in Digital Media Sociology, as well as the Digital Media Sociology (DMS) Lab.

FAM2014FS - Screen Production I

Convener:

Dr Liani Maasdorp and Dr Julia Cain

Entrance requirements:

As for admission to Film and Media Production Programme.

Course outline:

The goal of this course is to create a foundation of conceptual and practical skills for moving picture production. Conceptual skills will be discussed during theory lectures. From time to time students will be required to complete reading in preparation for a theory class. Technical skills modules have been designed to expose students to practical filmmaking skills. They will focus predominantly on camera, editing and sound (recording and mixing). These skills will be expanded on in FAM3016 (F or L or S) and synthesised through the production of a short film, a Senior Research Project (SRP) in FAM3017 (F or S).

Lecture times:

Four lecture periods per week (two workshops) and compulsory screening during 4th and 5th periods, Monday Thursday. Self-paced lab time and group work.

DP requirements:

Full attendance and submission of all classwork.

Assessment:

100% coursework (including practical, theoretical, individual and group work).