Unit Code:	CST2CLH
Alternative Unit Code:	CST3CLH
Unit Short Title:	HOLLYWOOD CINEMA
Credit Points:	20.0
Unit Description:	In this unit students look at the Hollywood film industry and the kinds of films it produced under the studio system from 1917-47, the changes that took place in the industry and its audiences in the 1950s and 1960s, and the emergence of New Hollywood, the high concept film, the blockbuster and auteur film in the 1970s and 1980s. We will conclude by examining current trends including transnational exchanges and global Hollywood in the digital era.
Prerequisites:	30 credit points of first year cinema studies or coordinators approval
Incompatibles:	CST2CAM
Class Requirements:	one 3-hour lecture/screening and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2,000-word essay	35
two 500-word visual tests	30
one 2,000-word essay	35	Third year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Prescribed	The classical Hollywood cinema.	Bordwell, D., Staiger, J., Thompson, K.	Routledge 1996
Prescribed	Contemporary Hollywood cinema	Neale, S.	Routledge 1998
Prescribed	Hollywood cinema	Maltby, R.	Blackwell 2003
Prescribed	Wages of sin	Jacobs, L.,	Uni of Wisconsin Press 1991

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
2   27-JUL-09   30-OCT-09	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Dr	Felicity	Collins	BUNDOORA	Y