Browse Hierarchy FILM420: Film Industries: Contexts, Practices, Discourses

The course focuses on varied forms of discourses, practices and contexts relevant to the analysis of film as industry and institution. This analysis of cinema involves a critical examination of film industry policies, the political economy of cinema and its relation with other media and creative industries, and/or the industry’s modes of self-reflection and analysis. In 2017 the course will explore Hollywood’s global expansion in light of the cultural, economic and industrial changes occurred during the last thirty years (1980-2010). Through a combination of analytical research and case study discussion, the course will examine Hollywood’s global reach and the internationalisation of film financing, production and distribution.