Netflicks: Cinema and Long-form Television

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Binge, Stan. With the emergence of online viewing platforms and the prevalence of personal devices, the distinctions between traditional broadcast television and cinema screened in theatres have decisively changed. In this unit we look at televisual and cinematic drama. In particular we examine what is being termed a new 'golden age' in televisual drama that has coincided with the paradigm shift toward online streaming. But we also look at the continuing relevance of cinema, particularly the cinematic language of Hollywood which provides the basic formal structures of screen narrative.