Contemporary Hollywood Cinema

Catalog description

This course focuses on three key aspects of contemporary Hollywood cinema, namely, the film industry, film form and style, and the production, distribution, and reception of films in the digital age. Key topics include conglomeratization of the film industry, the blockbuster film, films as a franchises, the rise of independent cinema, and independent films, digital distribution, the role of film festivals, and ·pop-up cinema. The course concludes with how the film experience is changing in the era of digital distribution and multiple screens.