Course syllabus

Welcome back to a Reflective Writing Course in MFA in Film at HDK-Valand.

Check the MAFI23 schedule in TimeEdit or the first course date and time. 

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– Virginia Woolf, 1939

Course Overview

In the course Reflection III the students complete an independent reflective work about film practice and the role of film practice and art in society. This work can be presented in a written essay. In the course, it is required that students include a prepared oral reflection and its implementation with regards to their own film practice and its relationship to the surrounding world, on the basis of the experiences that have been made by completing and presenting their own cinematic work.

During the course the own reflective work is developed through advanced group discussions about artistic methodology, artistic practice and research. These discussions are run as a red thread through the course and is essential for the development of the reflective submission. Relevant examples are cited in the discussions and in the relevant specializations. Examples of others' reflective exam projects are cited in conjunction with other theoretical and essayistic texts. The course builds on and is informed with close reference to the work developed during the course Film Practice IV.

Learning Activities

Intensives: The MAFI23 Reflective Course will conducted through Intensives (Intensive weeks of study), which consist of a.o. individual assignments, seminars, workshops and group discussions. In preparation of these intensives you will be asked to conduct individual learning.

Reading Group/Writing Circle: There will be group sessions in which you share feedback on the draft essays.

One on Ones: There will be short One on Ones with the teachers in the course in which your drafts are discussed.

Course staff:

Programme manager

Jyoti Mistry                                                  jyoti.mistry@akademinvaland.gu.se

Course responsible

Sive Hamilton                                              sive.hamilton@gu.se

Participating teachers

Ram Krishna Ranjan                                    ram.ranjan@akademinvaland.gu.se

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