VSA2240

Cinema institutions

(ART)

C Verevis

6 points + 4 hours per week + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: One subject at first-year level in Visual Culture or Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies

Synopsis: Cinema Institutions takes as its example a range of contemporary Hollywood films to consider a number of institutionalised and unofficial, public and industrial discourses such as: film industry publicity and marketing; advertising and commercial tie-ins; media coverage of stars and directors; film censorship and studio self-regulation; motion picture palaces and suburban multiplexes; film reviewing and academic film criticism; the impact of television and wide-screen technologies in the fifties; the impact of home video and cable television in the seventies and eighties; and new media technologies in the nineties.

Assessment: Visual test (1.5 hours): 40% + Essay (3000 words): 60%