Bachelor of Communication (Honours) in Film

Programme Director: Mr CHEN, Yimin

Bachelor of Communication (Hons) in Film (Film and Television Concentration) provides comprehensive training in film and television, with attention to relevant areas of theory, history, and practice. It offers two distinct options: “Professional Option” and “Liberal Studies Option”. The Programme aims to equip students with the knowledge and vocational skill required in the creative industries, such as film, television, commercial and other sectors in audio-visual production and to provide theoretical training in cinematic arts.

Professional Option
The Professional Option aims to strengthen both professional and conceptual education of film students. It provides Year 1 students film education in both history of film and film production. It also provides solid training in film production by making editing, script writing and directing core courses of the programme in progressive learning manner as well as to strengthen both fiction and non-fiction film making education and to nurture all rounded film makers. The Professional Option offers more courses on film theory and criticism, film history and film studies to enhance film literacy, and to prepare students with theoretical interests to pursue postgraduate education in film studies. Meanwhile, it adds more major elective units for students to mix and match among the diversity of the major elective list according to student’s interest in film studies in theory and practice.

Liberal Studies Option
The Liberal Studies Option is to honour the spirit of the liberal arts education ethos of the University and with its commitment to whole person development of students.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I) School Core Courses 9 units
II) Major Courses 52–67 units
III) Honours Project 6 units
IV) University Core Courses 13 units
V) General Education Courses 18 units
VI) Free Electives 15–30 units
    128 units

Requirements

I.  School Core Courses 9 units
  COMM1015 Studies in Communication, Media, and Journalism 3 units
  COMM2035 Communication, Ethics and Law 3 units
     
  Choose one from the following three courses: 
  COMM2026 Human Communication 3 units
  COMM2027 AI and Digital Communication 3 units
  COMM2036 Media Design and Digital Applications 3 units
     
II. Major Courses 52-67 units
  Major Required Courses (7 units)  
  FILM2006 Introduction to Production 3 units
  FILM2008 Practicum I 0 unit
  FILM2009 Practicum I 0 unit
  FILM3008 Practicum II 0 unit
  FILM3009 Practicum II 0 unit
  FILM3125 Honours Project Preparation Workshop 1 unit
  FILM4047 Film Theory and Criticism 3 units 
     
  Concentration Courses (36–48 units)  
  Professional Option Required Courses (48 units)  
  FILM2005 History of Cinema 3 units
  FILM2065 Cinematography 3 units
  FILM2066 Reading Literature 3 units
  FILM2067 The Art of Script Writing 6 units
  FILM3006 Film Sound 3 units
  FILM3016 Non-Fiction Film 3 units
  FILM3076 Screen Acting Workshop 3 units
  FILM3077 The Art of Documentary Film 3 units
  FILM3116 The Art of Editing 3 units
  FILM3126 Post-Production Workshop I 3 units
  FILM3127 Post-Production Workshop II 3 units
  FILM4035 Production Management  3 units
  FILM4065 Art Direction 3 units
  FILM4086 Film Directing 6 units
     
  Liberal Studies Option Required Courses (30 units)  
  FILM2005 History of Cinema 3 units
  FILM2065 Cinematography 3 units
  FILM2066 Reading Literature 3 units
  FILM2067 The Art of Script Writing 6 units
  FILM3077 The Art of Documentary Film 3 units
  FILM3116 The Art of Editing 3 units
  FILM3126 Post-Production Workshop I 3 units
  FILM4086 Film Directing 6 units
     
  Liberal Studies Option Elective Course (6 units)  
  Choose one from the following courses:    
  FILM3035 Chinese-Language Cinema 3 units
  FILM3047 Hollywood Cinema 3 units
  FILM4026 East Asian Cinemas: History and Current Issues 3 units
  FILM4037 Studies in French Cinema 3 units
     
  Choose one from the following courses:   
  FILM3006 Film Sound 3 units
  FILM3016 Non-Fiction Film 3 units
  FILM4007 Advanced Script Writing 3 units
  FILM4046 Advanced Cinematography 3 units
     
  Major Elective Course (9–12 units)   
  Professional Option (12 units)  
  Liberal Studies Option (9 units)  
  FILM1005 Transnational History of Animation 3 units
  FILM1006 Fundamentals of 2D and 3D Production 3 units
  FILM2007 Principles of Photo-Imaging 3 units
  FILM2035 Fundamentals of Computer Graphics 3 units
  FILM2037 Fundamentals of Media Arts 3 units
  FILM2045 Art History 3 units
  FILM2047 Storytelling 3 units
  FILM2057 Visual Expression 3 units
  FILM2075 Film Stardom 3 units
  FILM3006 Film Sound 3 units
  FILM3016 Non-Fiction Film 3 units
  FILM3025 Digital Aesthetics and Practices 3 units
  FILM3026 Documentary Photography 3 units
  FILM3027 Television Studio Production 3 units
  FILM3035 Chinese-Language Cinema 3 units
  FILM3045 Creative Arts and Visual Strategy 3 units
  FILM3047 Hollywood Cinema 3 units
  FILM3066 Television/Streaming Programming and Concepts 3 units
  FILM3067 Creative Media Management 3 units
  FILM3076 Screen Acting Workshop 3 units
  FILM3077 The Art of Documentary Film 3 units
  FILM3085 Film Music and Sound Design 3 units
  FILM3086 Independent Cinema 3 units
  FILM3097 Hong Kong Cinema 3 units
  FILM3106 Sound Design for Animation 3 units
  FILM3107 Interactive Graphics 3 units
  FILM3115 Virtual World: Design and Interaction 3 units
  FILM3117 Documentary Production 3 units
  FILM3135 The Other Cinema: Cult, Exploitation, Experimental Films 3 units
  FILM3136 Studies in European Cinema 3 units
  FILM3145 Japanese Animation 3 units
  FILM3146 Feeling Cinema: Memories and Future Storytelling 3 units
  FILM3147 Entertainment 3.0: Creative Industries and Technology 3 units
  FILM4006 Advanced Experimental Image Processing 3 units
  FILM4007 Advanced Script Writing 3 units
  FILM4016 Internship 3 units
  FILM4017 Motion Graphic Design 3 units
  FILM4026 East Asian Cinemas: History and Current Issues 3 units
  FILM4027 Special Topics in Film 3 units
  FILM4035 Production Management 3 units
  FILM4046 Advanced Cinematography 3 units
  FILM4055 Television and New Media 3 units
  FILM4056 Character Design and Storyboarding 3 units
  FILM4065 Art Direction 3 units
  FILM4066 Visual Effects Workshop 3 units
  FILM4075 Facial Animation 3 units
  FILM4076 Character Animation 3 units
  FILM4077 Creative Production in Extended Reality 3 units
  FILM4085 Screen Adaptation  3 units
  FILM4097 Queer Media 3 units
  FILM4105 Live Sound Production 3 units
     
III. Honours Project 6 units
  FILM4878 Honours Project in Film and Television 3 units
  FILM4879 Honours Project in Film and Television 3 units
     
IV. University Core Courses 13 units
     
V. General Education Courses 18 units
     
VI. Free Electives 15–30 units
  Professional Option (15 units)  
  Liberal Studies Option (30 units)  
    128 units

 

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