16.7 2nd and 3rd years Ms Angela Ndalianis. 111-105. Second semester No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials, film screenings or computer sessions a week. Students completing this subject should:

• account for definitions of 'entertainment' within a filmic context (keeping in mind the role played by the blockbuster form, special effects, action and spectacle);
• explore the interchange between different media forms and evaluate the similarities and differences that exist between these entertainment forms;
• in light of the interactive technologies, evaluate the implications these media have for spectatorship and audience reception.

A study of the growing and interconnected media forms developing between various entertainment industries, in particular film, television, comic and computer game industries. Topics will include: exploring definitions of entertainment within the context of the film industry as well as other media forms such as virtual reality, computer/video games, arcade games and interactive fun parks; the technological, economic and formal overlaps that exist between film and interactive technologies; and interpretative approaches to the altering shape of these entertainment structures, particularly issues centering around spectatorship and audience reception. Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words. Hayward P Wollen T (eds) Future Visions: New Technologies of the Screen, British Film Institute, London 1993 Landon B The Aesthetics of Ambivalence: Rethinking Science Fiction in the Age of (Re)production, Greenwood Press, London and Connecticut 1992 16.7 Ms Angela Ndalianis. 111-105 Second semester. No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials, film screenings or computer sessions each week. Students completing this subject should:

• account for definitions of "entertainment" within a filmic context (keeping in mind the role played by the blockbuster form, special effects, action and spectacle);
• explore the interchange between different media forms and evaluate the similarities and differences that exist between these entertainment forms; and
• in light of the interactive technologies, evaluate the implications these media have for spectatorship and audience reception.

A study of the growing and interconnected media forms developing between various entertainment industries, in particular film, television, comic and computer game industries. Topics will include: exploring definitions of entertainment within the context of the film industry as well as other media forms such as virtual reality, computer/video games, arcade games and interactive fun parks; the technological, economic and formal overlaps that exist between film and interactive technologies; and interpretative approaches to the altering shape of these entertainment structures, particularly issues centering around spectatorship and audience reception. Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or take-home examinations totalling 5,000 words. Hayward P. Wollen T (eds) Future Visions: New Technologies of the Screen British Film Institute London 1993 Landon B The Aesthetics of Ambivalence: Rethinking Science Fiction in the Age of (Re)production Greenwood Press London and Connecticut 1992 16.7 2nd and 3rd year Angela Ndalianis 111-105 Second semester No more than four hours of lectures, tutorials, screenings or contact with multi media forms per week

• account for definitions of 'entertainment' within a filmic context (keeping in mind the role played by the blockbuster form, special effects, action and spectacle)
• explore the interchange between different media forms and evaluate the similarities and differences that exist between these entertainment forms
• in light of the interactive technologies, evaluate the implications these media have for spectatorship and audience reception.

A study of the growing and interconnected media forms developing between various entertainment industries, in particular film, television, comic and computer game industries. Topics will include: exploring definitions of entertainment within the context of the film industry as well as other media forms such as virtual reality, computer/video games, arcade games and interactive fun parks; the technological, economic and formal overlaps that exist between film and interactive technologies; and interpretative approaches to the altering shape of these entertainment structures, particularly issues centering around spectatorship and audience reception. Written work which may comprise class papers, essays or seen examinations totalling 5,000 words. Hayward P and Wollen T eds Future Visions: New technologies of the Screen British Film Institute London 1993 Landon B The Aesthetics of Ambivalence: Rethinking Science Fiction in the Age of (Re)production, Greenwood Press London and Connecticut 1992