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FILM1001: Hollywood: Art, Industry, Entertainment
Since the early 20th century, Hollywood has dominated film screens around the world. This unit considers America's 'dream factory' as profit-oriented industry, mass entertainment, and cinematic art form. It covers key historical developments including the star system, Production Code censorship, New Hollywood, and the franchise film.
| Code | FILM1001 |
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| Academic unit | Film Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Corequisites:
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ARHT1003 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Identify elements of Hollywood’s classical style and commercial aesthetic, and analyse their effects in terms of narrative and symbolic meaning, audience experience, and ideology;
- LO2. Demonstrate an understanding of the history of Hollywood cinema across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and its most significant technological, industrial, and aesthetic transformations;
- LO3. Critically reflect on Hollywood cinema as mass entertainment and cinematic art form;
- LO4. Draw on the concepts and issues explored in the unit, as well as further independent research, to construct arguments and perspectives on Hollywood cinema.
- LO5. Engage meaningfully with other students and tutors in structured, planned and impromptu class-room discussions
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- Semester 2, 2024 [Normal day] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney
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