The Living Picture Craze: An Introduction to Victorian Film
Film takes a starring role in this course exploring the emergence of a new medium that was set to capture the world’s imagination
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone with a passion for film and Victorian and British history. This includes lecturers, teachers and students of film, media, history or English literature.
What topics will you cover?
Investigate the late Victorian period in Britain. Unravel and discuss common myths about the era, and examine what Victorian films reveal about the society that produced them.
Examine how film became a key medium to explore the rapidly-changing Victorian world
both at home and abroad. Discover why a phantom ride isn’t as scary as it sounds, and have the opportunity to make your own to share with peers.
Explore the Victorian imagination and learn about what audiences watched and why. Watch and examine a wide variety of films from comedies and trick films to serious dramas and adaptations.
Draw parallels with the visual spectacles available in the Victorian period and our own multimedia landscape.
Programme a dynamic play bill for a Victorian audience and explain your choices.
