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107-073 Introduction to Hollywood & Art Cinema | |
Note | Formerly available as 111-105. Students who have completed 111-105 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Dr Angela Ndalianis |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 2-hour screening, a 1-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject will introduce students to the formal, stylistic and interpretative strategies that relate to narrative cinema forms. The subject will cover three interrelated areas: film narrative, film style and film history. Students should gain an understanding of aspects of narrative form and film style; the silent era; the classical Hollywood model and its dependence on the genre system (e.g. the screwball comedy, the western, the musical); art cinema narration (e.g. Italian neo-realism, the French new wave); narrative form and political cinema (e.g. Eisenstein and political cinema); and B-films. |
Assessment | An essay and an annotated bibliography totalling 3000 words and a 1-hour visual test. |
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