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CCCU4040 Exploring Hong Kong Through Film and Popular Music

This course document describes an associate degree program course titled "Exploring Hong Kong Through Film and Popular Music". The course aims to help students understand Hong Kong society through analyzing films and music using concepts from cultural studies, sociology, and film/music studies. Key topics covered include Hong Kong identity, the film and music industries, relationships and gender in media over time, and how film and music can influence social change. Assessment consists of participation, assignments, tests, group presentations, and a written assignment.

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CCCU4040 Exploring Hong Kong Through Film and Popular Music

This course document describes an associate degree program course titled "Exploring Hong Kong Through Film and Popular Music". The course aims to help students understand Hong Kong society through analyzing films and music using concepts from cultural studies, sociology, and film/music studies. Key topics covered include Hong Kong identity, the film and music industries, relationships and gender in media over time, and how film and music can influence social change. Assessment consists of participation, assignments, tests, group presentations, and a written assignment.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

HKU SPACE Community College

Associate Degree Programmes 2019-20


Course Document

Course Title: Exploring Hong Kong Through Film and Popular Music

Course Code: C C C U 4 0 4 0
QF Level: 4
Contact Hours: 39 Hours
Aims and Objective

Film and popular music play an important role in our everyday life. This course explores various political, economic,
social and cultural issues of Hong Kong through film and popular music. It is designed to help students understand the
basic concepts and methodologies commonly used in cultural studies, sociology, film studies and popular music studies,
and use multiple perspectives to comprehend and analyze film and music, as well as their relation to society at large.

By applying critical thinking, problem solving, and communication skills, students should be able to analyze the
interaction between the society and the film and music industries, and have increased knowledge of Hong Kong society.

Intended Learning Outcomes of the Course

On completion of the course, students should be able to

ILO1. explain the inter-relation between film, popular music and society;
ILO2. evaluate the role of film and popular music in Hong Kong and to analyze the interaction between Hong Kong
and other Asian countries;
ILO3. apply relevant concepts to analyze film and popular music texts from multiple perspectives;
ILO4. identify and describe how film and popular music relate to various political, economic, social and cultural
issues.

Syllabus

1. Introduction and Basic Concepts (2 Lectures)


• An overview: the story of film and popular music in Hong Kong
• Text and meaning
• Production, dissemination and consumption of film and popular music
• Framework for discussion - Content, form, context

2. National Identity vs Local Identity (1.5 Lectures)


• “Chineseness” and Chinese national identity in film and popular music
• Constructing Hong Kong identity through film and popular music

3. Film and Music as Business: Mainstream vs Alternative (1 Lecture)


• Overview of the film and music industries in Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea
• Blockbusters vs independent movies
• Mainstream hits vs independent music
• Analyzing the ecology – multinational corporations, small and medium local enterprises, the independents
• Can we find alternative ways to produce / consume film and popular music?

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4. Love, Sex and Sexuality (1.5 Lectures)
• Love, sex and sexuality in film and popular music
• Comparing generations: Relationships, gender roles, and queerness in film and popular music

5. Film, Music, Politics and Social Change (2 Lectures)


• Film and music as propaganda
• The power of documentaries
• “Protest songs” and music in social movements
• Can filmmakers and songwriters make a change in the society?
• Can audience in the digital age “use” film and music to make a difference in the society?

Assessment
Type of Assessment (Weighting) Description
Participation (10%)
Class Assignments (20%)

Continuous Assessment (100%) Test (20%)


Group Presentation (25%)
Written Assignment (25%)
Pre-requisite(s)

Nil

Required and Recommended Reading

References:

1. Bordwell, D. (2000). Planet Hong Kong: Popular cinema and the art of entertainment. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard
University Press.
2. Cheung, E. M. K., Marchetti, G., & Yau, C.-M. E. (2015). A companion to Hong Kong cinema. Hoboken: Wiley-
Blackwell
3. Cheung, R. (2016). New Hong Kong cinema : transitions to becoming Chinese in 21st-century East Asia. New York :
Berghahn Books.
4. Chow, Y. F., & Kloet, J. (2013). Sonic multiplicities: Hong Kong pop and the global circulation of sound and image.
Bristol, U.K: Intellect.
5. Chu, Y.W. (2017) Hong Kong Cantopop: a concise history. Hong Kong: HKU Press
6. Hayward, S. (2006). Cinema studies: The key concepts. London: Routledge.
7. Longhurst, B. and Bogdanović D. (2014). Popular music and society. 3rd ed. Cambridge : Polity.
8. Morris, M., Li, S. L., & Chan, S. C. (2005). Hong Kong connections: Transnational imagination in action cinema.
Durham: Duke University Press.
9. Negus, K. (1996) Popular music in theory. Hanover: University of New England.
10. Shuker, R. (2013) Understanding popular music culture. 4th ed. London & New York: Routledge.
11. Shuker, R. (2012) Popular music culture: the key concepts. 3rd ed. London & New York: Routledge.
12. Turner, G. (2006). Film as social practice. London: Routledge.
13. Zhou, X. (2016). Youth culture in Chinese-language film. New York, N.Y.: Routledge.

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