Hollywood: History, Industry, Art

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• The studio system's background.
• How to evaluate a movie.
• How Hollywood has reacted to technological advancements in the industry.
• The influence of international audiences on Hollywood.
• The connection between Hollywood and alternative media.
• How the entertainment industry has reacted to important political events.
• What does Hollywood's future hold?

Syllabus:

1. Intro

• Before Hollywood
• The Birth of the Film
• Edison the Inventor
• Who, What, Where, Why
• The Trust and the Independents
• Piracy, Copyright, and the Ben-Hur Case

2. The Studio System

• The Birth of the Studio System
• The Star System
• The Genre System
• Meet Me in St. Louis and the Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• House Style: It All Comes Together

3. Sound and the Production Code

• The Challenges of New Technology
• Sound, Style, and King Kong
• King Kong
• The New Deal
• The Road to the Production Code
• The Production Code in Action

4. Hollywood at War

• FDR and Media
• Hollywood Gets Political
• Warners Bros. at War
• Wartime Government Agencies

5. The Blacklist and Cold War

• HUAC in Hollywood
• The Hollywood Ten and the Blacklist
• Cold War Genres 6.0 The New Hollywood
• Television
• Hollywood Auteurs and the Counterculture
• Big Media 

6. Home Video and Indiewood

• Development of Home Video
• Mini-Majors
• Indiewood 8.0 Digital Cinema and the Internet
• Special Effects and Computer Generated Images
• Hollywood’s Internet

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