Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the basic concepts, processes and contexts in the study of mass media. It will introduce students to the historical contexts and modern orientations of a wide varieties of media types. Students will acquire the knowledge of media concepts and processes and establish the link between fundamental concepts and various communication phenomena and contexts. The course discusses the practices of media and communication in various areas, namely, journalism, public relations and advertising, cinema and television, media arts and design, global communication, animation and interactive design, as well as the challenges and opportunities in the era of new media.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course serves as an introduction to the structural, historical, and social aspects of electronic media, with a particular focus on broadcast and new media. It delivers knowledge about the history, role, and change within the television, cable, home video, and satellite industries as well as information about today’s internet and new media technologies. Finally, it will examine the convergence of digital and new media as well as its effect and governance of electronic and new media.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The main objective of this introductory course is to enhance awareness of the aesthetic choices made in visual media production and to explore how the tools and techniques used in its creation can be joined to generate a variety of meanings and messages. The course will involve practicing detailed analysis of the aesthetic choices made in different forms of visual media, with particular emphasis given to narrative film and television. Some practical exercises will also be given to deepen understanding of aesthetic principles.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course aims to help the students establish a general framework to understand the establishment of the film medium in various countries from its beginnings in the late 19th century to the present. While various international developments will be explored, the course will focus primarily on developments in American and Europe. An overview of film history in China will also be included.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course introduces the creative processes of screenwriting. Through practical exercises and assignments students will learn about the art, craft, and business of film and television writing, with a primary focus on writing for short films and writing for television.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: This course introduces the student to the issues and processes involved in designing, conducting, and interpreting communication research. It will focus on a range of communication research techniques commonly used in the Humanities and Social Sciences to gather, analyse, and interpret data relating to film, television and new media. The class is designed to help the student understand the benefits and limitations of research. This includes the proper use and interpretation of research results. The goal of the course is to educate the student in the benefits and limitations of research used by professionals in the mass media with an emphasis on the film, television, and new media industries. This should allow the student to accurately and appropriately use research to further develop his or her career.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course focuses on the study of Chinese television and social change, the role of TV in the formation and maintenance of Chinese cultural identities, and its impact on other media and on the Asian Community. The course explores the Chinese TV industry in its socio-historical context, televisual discourses, and audience reception, as well as in relation with society from late 50’s to the present.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course aims to continue the exploration of the many expressive combinations possible through the manipulation of narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound, and the role the director of fiction-based media has in guiding these choices. This exploration is done primarily in two ways: 

1) The analysis and evaluation of aesthetic choices made by professional directors in existing motion pictures.

2) The application of aesthetic understanding in the creation of an original digital film. The course will also prepare students to organise and manage the creation of a short narrative digital film.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course aims to continue the exploration of the many expressive combinations possible through the manipulation of narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound, and the role the director of fiction-based media has in guiding these choices. This exploration is done primarily in two ways:

1) The analysis and evaluation of aesthetic choices made by professional directors in existing motion pictures

2) The application of aesthetic understanding in the creation of an original digital film. The course will also prepare students to organise and manage the creation of a short narrative digital film.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are to explore a broad spectrum of theoretical development encompassing interpersonal, organisational, and mass communication theories. Application of the theories is an important component of the course, especially in making the ideas relevant to the context of the discipline of Cinema and Television within a communication framework. Equally, application drawing on personal experience is important in order to provide a foundation to meet the discipline of communication.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The aim of the course is to train students in the foundational practices of audio production, familiarise students with the basic elements and stages of audio production, and the concepts, skills and techniques of audio equipment and systems involved in the entire film and/or video production processes. During the course, demonstrations, equipment tutorials, hands-on workshops, in-class exercises and projects will be used to enhance student learning and acquisition of experience in sound design and production for the film and television industries.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are:

1) To provide an intensive technical introduction to the tools and techniques of the modern editor.

2) To introduce the fundamentals of film and video editing and the latest advances in electronic video post-production.

3) To develop students’ editing eye through extensive lab and practical work.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: This course compares TV programming strategies, practice, sources, and services at local (China), national (Hong Kong) and international levels; network, public, and independent broadcast and cable operations; audience research; and schedule development. The course analyses the management of television within the new information technology environment. Emphasis is focused on the evolution of various programme types, planning of programme formats, and creation of programme ideas. It is designed to give students an understanding of the contextual factors that affect the structures, policies, programming, and management practices of various telecommunications industries.

The intersections of broadcasting, cable television, information communication technology will be examined. The function of telecommunications in providing new communications products and information services will also be covered. Additionally, programming strategies, schedule development, and audience research will be discussed within the parameters of this course.

Pre-requisite(s): BIOL3023 Biology and Chemistry Laboratory 

Course Description: This course has two parts. Part 1 examines the roles and skills of a film producer, categories of productions and analyses the proper procedures for production management from initiation to completion. Part 2 focuses on how media organisations and production companies in various scales are managed. 

Topics will include: 

1) Challenges media organisations are facing 

2) Techniques and processes used in managing a media company 

3) Crisis management 

4) Challenge of working in teams 

5) Challenge of the new media

Pre-requisite(s): CTV4013 PRODUCTION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT, and

CTV2063 FILM AND TELEVISION DIRECTING (for video production), or

CTV2033 COMMUNICATION RESEARCH METHODS (for dissertation), or

CTV4103 ADVANCED SCRIPT WRITING (for script writing)

Course Description: This course engages the student in supervised independent research or project work. 

The course aims to: 

1) Develop good media projects, scripts or dissertations under the guidance of a supervisor. 

2) Ensure students possess the knowledge and skills required to complete a project independently, but with guidance. 

3) Provide an opportunity to students working as a team to enhance their teamwork abilities. 

4) Increase creativity and/or research skills by giving students more experience in the processes of making a TV or film project, dissertation or script.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course aims to introduce the differing perspectives on the cinema through a consideration of the concept of aesthetics. The specific objective of the course is to survey the aesthetic elements of moving image production and to demonstrate how these elements link together to create differing aesthetic forms. Furthermore, the course aims to: enhance student interest in and knowledge about the development and production processes of the cinema; offers multiple ways to situate, enlarge, and enrich knowledge and experience of film; develops critical thinking as students learn about film theory and become more visually literate.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: 

1) To foster an appreciation of contemporary photo imaging forms and concepts through a practical, analytical and critical approach. 

2) To introduce practical knowledge of photo-imaging and techniques of visual presentation along with photographic language and visual theories. 

3) To develop students’ knowledge, skills and understanding through the making of photographs and digital images that lead to and demonstrate conceptual and technical accomplishment. 

4) To develop students’ knowledge, skills and understanding that lead to increasingly accomplished critical and historical investigations of photography and digital imaging.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course is designed to provide an introduction to the basics of stage acting rooted in Stanislavski, Michael Chekov, Meyerhold, Grotowski and other great theatre performance giants. The course combines the systematic theoretical knowledge with concrete practical technique. Students will gain basic skills in acting, and will learn working vocabulary and terms in theatre, film, TV and other art and non-art performing circumstances, while studying the basic theoretical literature of the discipline. Students will develop an understanding of, and appreciation for, the craft of acting for above circumstances. Students will discover the person as a performer and gain confidence on stage through theatre games, exercises, monologues, and scene work. Students will develop the basic skill to work with professional and amateur actors as director. Students will also gain basic practical techniques of artist collaboration in terms of organizational and productive skills and communicate via group exercises, and prepare themselves to further investigate advanced knowledge and practical experience in following courses with different disciplinary concerns.

 Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: 

1) To examine the development of non-fiction filmmaking by comparing current documentaries with those made earlier. 

2) To illustrate how the art has responded to social, political, and economic realities and to changes in technology and systems of distribution. 

3) To familiarise students with the whole process of making a documentary film. 

4) To help students gain documentary production experience working individually and in groups.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Description: This course aims to investigate the essential roles of the Art Director and Production Designer on a film or television production. Students will gain a foundation in aesthetics and techniques of the Art Department and how the design of the sets, locations, costumes, and properties all contribute to narrative world-building. Alongside the theoretical lessons and surveys of the industry, they will apply this new knowledge and skill-set as first-time production designers for a common short film project. Please note that most assignments will require both visual and written materials. While not required, some proficiency in studio arts and/or knowledge of creative software will be an asset.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: Objectives of the internship are to provide a direct link between the Programme’s core values and the disciplines and methods of practice; to enable students to experience aspects of practice and provide the opportunity for them to work in areas of the field outside their specific expertise; to enable students to observe, analyse, and comment on the interaction between theoretical and practical issues of their programme as it is practised; and to establish connections between practice and the development of relevant directions.

 The internship is intended to provide the opportunity for students to work in various situations in their Programme’s area. The internship is also intends for students to use the opportunities of their placement to broaden their own experience beyond the limitations of their chosen discipline.

Pre-requisite(s): CTV3003 SOUND RECORDING AND MIXING

Course Description: This course will build upon basic sound recording and editing skills previously taught. Students will learn about major film composers and matching music to emotional content, while listening skills will be sharpened in order to recognize and analyse the techniques used in sound design both in relation to visual images and to the psychological and metaphorical uses of sound. Skills and techniques required for successful recording of dialog, Foley, effects, and backgrounds will be taught, while students discover the critical importance of dialog editing, and creation of sound design elements for film. Students will be encouraged to think critically and creatively as they appreciate the crucial importance of good sound for all films, TV, and media.

Pre-requisite(s): CTV3023 Film and Video Editing

Course Description: This course is an introduction to the art, craft, and science of color grading, also known as color correction, color timing or digital color- correction. The course will explore various aspects of color grading and how it can enhance and improve storytelling. The objective is for students to gain a greater understanding of the intricacies and components of photographed images and how to reshape them using color grading techniques

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: This course will examine and engage students with experimental filmmaking. Students will participate in practical projects and written work that will explore some key approaches to experimental film and digital film practice, and the analysis of experimental film practitioners. They will conceive, plan, develop and edit a time-based work, and be encouraged to consider experimental approaches to develop their ideas in conjunction with tutorial support. Students will be exposed to a diverse range of experimental film and digital film practices through a series of screenings and discussions, which will inform the critical and theoretical backdrop to this course.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course explores the expressive possibilities of Chinese cinema through the analysis of major aesthetic categories of narrative, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing and sound. The course aims to provide students with the attitudes and skills required to judge and appraise Chinese films and write about the achievements of major films from an aesthetic and industrial perspective.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The internet provides wonderful access to film/video makers of all kinds, enabling them to reach a vast potential audience cheaply and easily. This course explores concepts and structures of online communication, employing interactive digital media. A variety of tools and procedures will be employed. Students will learn the history and aesthetics of online media and use tools and techniques learned in class to create a well-designed, interactive web page to convey their idea and concept as well as produce a high-quality video to be distributed across the internet. 

Topics like HTML, user interface, design, internet history, users’ navigation habits, graphic processing, file transfers, internet access, and movie streaming will be covered. Emphases will be put on how to compress the movie without sacrificing playback speed and sharp, crisp detail, as well as incorporate interactive scripts to set up an interface that controls the movie clips through behaviour and action.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The objectives of this course are to enable the students to: 

1) Acquire a comprehensive foundation in sound and music for film. 

2) Develop listening skills in order to recognise and analyse the techniques used in music composition and sound design in relation to visual images. 

3) Become familiar with the various types of music, sound effects, silence and dialogue and how it complements the plot in a film. 

4) Become conversant enough in music and film terminology in order to participate in class discussions. 

5) Develop an appreciation of the skills required for successful creation of music and sound for film.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: This course introduces the history, language, principles, aesthetics and digital tools used in the creation of animation within the context of art and design. The class will focus on understanding the development of animation, the mechanism of animation, and the techniques of animation sufficient to produce projects of merit. Through different styles of animation, the class will explore the foundations of animation history and its characteristics. In addition, through the use of the 3D software Maya, this course will teach students how to complete basic digital animation.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: The aims and objectives of this course are: 

1) to examine Hollywood as a reference point for all cinemas globally and historically; 

2) to explore a set of conventions and practices developed in Hollywood cinema; 

3) to study the Hollywood formula and certain important moments in Hollywood cinema and how they relate to American history.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: Different studies are designed to give students a range of current ideas and respond to new interests of the faculty. Some of the topics of the studies include: visualising stories, digital technology and innovation, the musical or the semiotics related to culture studies, entertainment marketing, creative process and creativity, gender studies, etc. 

The aims of this course are: 

1) To enhance the knowledge and bring different perspectives on the selected topic in TV and Film area. 

2) To compare and analyse the main issues of the selected topic and subject. 

3) To develop creativities, analysing abilities, and critical thinking through the topical studies in the film and TV area.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: This course is designed to investigate histories, aesthetics, genres, directors and modes of production of Hong Kong and Taiwan cinema. Students need to have a basic understanding of cinema as an artistic medium as well as a cultural product subject to market economy and cultural policy of nation-states. Lectures focus on the idea of cinema as a never-ending process of struggles among filmmakers, film languages, the film industry, official cultural agendas, the audiences, and film culture. Each class meeting consists of screening, lectures, and discussion.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: This course aims to broaden the ability of the student to explain different aspects of television with an emphasis on forms of knowledge, audiences and methodologies that comprise television studies. Students completing this course will acquire recent and relevant experience of the television environment and the television profession, as well as practical skills relating to television programming.

Pre-requisite(s): BIOL1023 Diversity of Life and Laboratory, and BIOL2023 Conservation Ecology

Course Description: This course builds upon the concepts and methods presented in CTV2023 (Scriptwriting), as students will explore the challenging process of writing an original feature length film and TV series. Advanced techniques for creating full-length drama scripts for movie and television will be introduced and practised, and they will better prepare students for future scriptwriting for the Final Year Project, TV and Film Internships, and the transition to professional work. Apart from expanding on the process of individual creative writing, we will also explore several other common professional collaborative writing scenarios, such as writing for another director, a producer, or team writing for TV.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The subject matter covered in this course concerns the major film production centres of Japan, South Korea, and India. The course aims to develop insight into the concept of National Cinema, the contemporary transnational cinema, and the relationship between cinema and the cultures and societies of South and East Asia. The course will also provide students with knowledge concerning the relation between cinemas in Asia, cinemas of the West, and cinemas within the Asia region, and will consider the related industry of Anime in the Japanese context. Marginal cinemas such as Singapore and the Philippines; feminist, diasporic and independent filmmaking may also be included as topics. 

The specific objectives of the course are to engage students with this unique cluster of cinemas, particularly their respective industrial, directorial and stylistic features, and to develop critical thinking skills and attitudes relating to engagement with Asian Cinemas.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: The course centres on various European Cinemas such as France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Concentration will focus on moments in the history of the European cinema regarded as productive cinematically and theoretically.

Pre-requisite(s): None

Course Description: The course introduces basic techniques of multi-camera television studio production. The equipment, personnel, and their varying roles will be explained. Fundamental aesthetics of shot composition, continuity, shot variation, shot arrangement, lighting, sound and music recording, will all be discussed. The satisfaction and ethics of teamwork will be imparted through joint and individual production of various genres of programme in the class.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: Different subjects are designed to give students a range of current ideas and respond to new interests of the faculty. Some topics include: corporate video; non-fiction video; web-series design; etc.

Pre-requisite(s): ENV2003 Introduction to Environmental Science

Course Description: This course introduces the basic principles behind each process among the spectrum of special effects that are being practised in the film and video industry. Hands-on experience is provided in workshops in order to assist students in expanding their visual vocabularies.

Pre-requisite(s): CHEM3013 Chemical Analysis 

Course Description: This course will examine and compare different media narrative patterns following three interwoven thematic streams. Students will explore creative possibilities of different media, such as Music Videos, Experimental Film, Animation and Video Games; they will investigate different narrative traditions such as Myths, Poetry, Theatre and Dance, in search of semiotic patterns that transcend form; and they will practise several forms of writing that are useful in the industry, from Treatments to Grant Proposals. In the end, they will deepen their reservoir of cultural references and increase their effectiveness in developing and presenting creative concepts for a range of media formats.

Pre-requisite(s): CTV2063 FILM AND TELEVISION DIRECTING

Course Description: This course will help advance the student’s understanding and appreciation for the craft of acting as a director. First, the course will focus on examining the history and theory behind various acting methods. Then, students will focus on learning the fundamental skills and concepts related to one of those methods. They will work through a series of exercises – as actors - culminating in the performance of scenes and/or monologues. In the last part of the course, students will refine their skills in directing actors. Topics covered will include casting, script analysis, actor communication, rehearsal strategies and techniques, and working in different genres. This will culminate in the presentation of short, directed scenes.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description: This course explores management and business operations of television and radio stations at the local, national and global levels. Electronic Media Management provides theories and cases of how television stations operate successfully within the new information environment. Emphasis is placed on management theories, broadcast policy and regulations, organisational structure, and financial and personnel management. The course will also cover strategic management, marketing and distribution, human resource management of television and radio stations, and cable systems. It is designed to give students a basic understanding of electronic media management. The intersections of broadcasting, cable television, and the internet will be examined. The issues of across different regions, media, and industries operations will be analysed in the course.