Alternative and Non-Linear Narrative Structures

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Goal

Critique modernist, experimental, and counter-cinema narrative strategies that challenge Classical Hollywood conventions.

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Curriculum Framework

8 lessons

Synthesise cinematography, mise-en-scène, editing, and sound to evaluate how micro-features generate complex aesthetic meanings.

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Critique how acting styles, blocking, spatial choreographies, and directorial choices position the spectator and generate meaning.

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Deconstruct screenplay architecture, character arcs, and cause-and-effect plotting across classical and contemporary cinema.

8 lessons

Critique modernist, experimental, and counter-cinema narrative strategies that challenge Classical Hollywood conventions.

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Analyse how genre conventions structure narrative expectations, reflect cultural anxieties, and evolve through hybridity and subversion.

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Interrogate ideological discourses, cultural hegemony, and sociopolitical representations in national and global film traditions.