CONTEMPORARY HOLLYWOOD CINEMA

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: COM ARTS 350 or concurrent enrollment Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2024 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the major directors, genres, and cycles that have shaped the contemporary landscape of Hollywood film production Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the overall market structure of the contemporary film industry and the studios’ main strategies for generating profits and managing financial risks Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the narrative patterns of a contemporary Hollywood film, including its large-scale sections, its turning points, its motifs, and its use of deadlines, dangling causes, and dialogue hook Audience: Undergraduate 4. Produce a close textual analysis of the stylistic elements found in a scene or sequence from a contemporary Hollywood film Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the major directors, genres, and cycles that have shaped the contemporary landscape of Hollywood film production Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain the overall market structure of the contemporary film industry and the studios’ main strategies for generating profits and managing financial risks Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the narrative patterns of a contemporary Hollywood film, including its large-scale sections, its turning points, its motifs, and its use of deadlines, dangling causes, and dialogue hook Audience: Undergraduate 4. Produce a close textual analysis of the stylistic elements found in a scene or sequence from a contemporary Hollywood film Audience: Undergraduate