SEFL408 English for Film & Theatre University of Westminster - Arts, Business & Sciences Program Summer 2016 July 3-Week - London

This course will provide the language necessary to discuss and comment on films and plays in English, both socially (in conversation and in social media) and semi-professionally (e.g. as a blogger, critic, or commentator) with particular emphasis on descriptive and evaluative language. The course may also, where relevant to the professional requirements and aspirations of the students, provide a survival guide to functioning in the film and theatre industry as, for example, a writer, director, or designer.
As film and theatre are central to cross-cultural communication, we will also examine the extent to which film and theatre inform and construct perceptions of different cultures, focusing on Anglophone countries (principally the UK and US but also Australia, Africa, India). Finally, we will look at the influence of Shakespeare on the English language at word, phrase and sentence level.