Hollywood and Entertainment

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

Total expected time commitment is 170 hours across the semester, including class time.

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106-201 Hollywood and Entertainment

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This subject explores developments in the Hollywood film industry from the 1960s to the present. Students should grasp some of the key issues of this period, including the focus on modernist strategies, revisionist approaches, allusionism and the new generation of Hollywood film school 'auteurs'. This subject will also look at the interconnection between entertainment industries, and the emergence and significance of 'high concept' as a production and marketing strategy.

On completion of the subject students should have:

• the ability to apply critical and analytical skills to analyses the major industry and economic shifts impacting on the form of the Hollywood film industry in the post-1950s era;
• demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of the impact that conglomeration had on the emergence of an industry focused on franchise and cross-media synergies;
• the ability to contextualise and interpret changing narrative and stylistic formations in contemporary Hollywood cinema through an understanding of the social, historical and cultural contexts that produced them;
• an advanced knowledge of the relationship between contemporary Hollywood and earlier traditions of film history;
• an understanding of the concepts and methods of analysis specific to Screen Studies, especially as it relates to contemporary Hollywood cinema, while also embracing interdisciplinary approaches that deepen analysis of screen media and the forces that drive them;
• an ability to communicate effectively in a variety of oral and written formats in a way that reveals a detailed understanding of research practices and principles specific to Screen Studies.

A 1500 word tutorial paper to be submitted as a written paper or multimedia blog 40% (due during the semester), a 2500 word essay to be submitted as a written paper or multimedia blog 50% (due during the examination period), attendance 10%. This subject has a minimum hurdle requirement of 80% attendance and regular participation in tutorials. Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked. All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.

Readings will be available online via LMS

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

• Bachelor of Biomedicine
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Environments
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Engineering

You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects.

Students who successfully complete this subject should:

• have a clear understanding of major developments driving the Hollywood film industry in the post-1950s era;
• recognise and be able to analyse the narrative and stylistic traits that Hollywood developed during various stages from the 1960s and beyond;
• understand the impact that big corporations and a new economy had on the emergence of a Hollywood that came to embrace an all-encompassing "entertainment experience" that include cross-media synergies.

This subject is available to pre-2008 Bachelor of Arts students for credit to 2nd or 3rd year of the major in Cinema or Cultural Studies.