Europe and the Film Noir

Additional information about this course

People will self refer

Course aim

To investigate how the migration of film creatives to Hollywood in the inter-war years profoundly affected the American film - in particular, the thriller genre known as 'film noir'.

Do I need any particular skills or experience?

• No skills or experience needed
• This course is suitable for beginners and improvers

By the end of the course I should be able to:

• Evaluate European influence on the American film noir
• Identify some themes, plots and conventions of film noir
• Appraise the work of diverse directors of, and actors in, film noir
• Recognise political/social/cultural meaning in film noir

How will I be taught?

• Teaching methods will be presentation of film clips and slides by tutor, observation by learners, question and answer involving whole group, group discussion.

What kind of feedback can I expect?

• Please see previous question for this day activity. By the end of the day, learners will have a wide cache of information, which the tutor will review, collectively and individually if necessary.

What else do I need to know?

• Nothing else is needed
• A handout will be provided as backup to our study day.

Pre-course work, reading and information sources

• No pre reading or pre course work is required

What can I do next?

• Progress to another WEA course
• Progress to a course with another provider
• Become involved with the WEA in a range of voluntary work and other activities including campaigning as a WEA member
• Become involved as a volunteer for a WEA partner or another organisation
• Access the WEA What Next? booklet here http://www.wea.org.uk/learn-wea/what-can-i-do-next