Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
EU50515 Film business 1 |
| Credits: 6 |
| Level: Masters |
| Semester: 1 |
| Assessment: CW 33%, ES 67% |
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Aims & Learning Objectives: * To provide students with a wide critical overview of the contemporary film industry, through detailed examination of its primary structures and concerns. * To enable students to make an original contribution on the present and future configuration of the European film industry On completion of this unit, students will be able to: * show a conceptual understanding of the structural and economic organisation of the European film industry, and evaluate critically the relationship between producers, distributors, exhibitors, and audiences; * assess the particular problems facing European film companies in the light of Hollywood domination and the impact of globalisation; * compare and evaluate the various approaches to film production favoured by different European countries; * understand the creative elements of the film industry, in particular the role of the director; * analyse the significance of genre, the star system, and audience response. Content: This unit will provide an interface between students, academic staff, and outside speakers representing relevant areas of the film industry. It will enable students not only to achieve their objectives of understanding the structure and working of the film industry, but also to identify and define potential career paths within the industry. Topics receiving particular focus will include: pre-production; production; European funding, including questions of subsidy; European co-production; distribution; exhibition; directing; scripting and animation. |