Hocbigg - Film and Media Studies

Contents

• Summary
• Communities
• Curriculum
• Code of conduct

Summary

This roadmap provides a structured, self-paced curriculum equivalent to a 4-year undergraduate degree in Film and Media Studies.

Organization

This repository is organized into three main components:

• Core Curriculum (this page): the foundational knowledge of the field;
• Advanced Topics: focused study in specific areas;
• Projects: support learning through practical application throughout the curriculum.

Process: Learners may work through the curriculum independently or collaboratively, and either sequentially or selectively.

• For simplicity, courses in the Core Curriculum are ordered according to their prerequisites.
• The Core Curriculum provides a shared foundation and is intended to be completed in full.
• Advanced Topics are optional; learners are encouraged to select one area of focus and complete all courses within that topic.

Practical work is integrated through the Projects section and may be undertaken alongside coursework.

Note: When there are courses or books that don't fit into the curriculum but are otherwise of high quality, they belong in extras/courses, extras/readings.

How to contribute

Communities

• Forums:
  • StudentFilms.com Forums
  • IndieTalk
  • FilmSchool.org Forums
  • ICM Forum
  • DVXuser
• Subreddits:
  • r/TrueFilm
  • r/Filmmakers
  • r/TrueFilm
  • r/FilmTheory
  • r/mediastudies
  • r/FilmStudies
  • r/criterion
• Discord servers: Movies & Filmmaking
• Other: Rough Cuts Filmmakers (Slack)
• You can also interact through GitHub issues. If there is a problem with a course, or a change needs to be made to the curriculum, this is the place to start the conversation. Read more here.

• Join our Discord server (for discussions around this and other curricula):

  

Curriculum

• Foundations of Film and Media Studies
• Historical Development of Media Forms
• Core Analytical Frameworks
• Media, Culture, and Society
• Research Methods in Film and Media Studies
• Media Production Foundations
• Specialization Tracks
  • A. Production and Filmmaking
  • B. Theory and Criticism
  • C. Media and Society
  • D. Digital and New Media

How to use this curriculum

The Core

These sections (I through VI) form the essential foundation. They give you the broad knowledge and key skills needed to understand film and media as an academic field.

Study them in the exact order listed below:

1. Foundations of Film and Media Studies
   Start here. This introduces the basic concepts and ways of thinking about film and media.

2. Historical Development of Media Forms
   Next, learn how cinema, television, and digital media developed over time.

3. Core Analytical Frameworks
   This teaches you the main tools and methods for closely analyzing films and other media.

4. Media, Culture, and Society
   Now look at the bigger picture: how media connects to culture, power, audiences, and society.

5. Research Methods in Film and Media Studies
   Learn the basic ways scholars investigate and write about media.

6. Media Production Foundations
   Finish the core with an introduction to how media is actually made (even if you never plan to produce anything yourself).

Foundations of Film and Media Studies

Historical Development of Media Forms

Core Analytical Frameworks

Media, Culture, and Society

Research Methods in Film and Media Studies

Media Production Foundations

Code of conduct

Hocbigg's code of conduct.