This teaching pack, suitable for AS/A2 Media and Film Studies, offers a suitable case study for industry and institution and help students demonstrate an understanding of key concepts and contemporary Hollywood.
Nick Laceyis a freelance film and media teacher. He has worked for a number of media organisations, including Times Newspapers, EMAP and Yorkshire Television.
Roy Staffordis a freelance lecturer and writer based in West Yorkshire, working in film education with independent cinemas. He is co-author, with Gill Branston, ofThe Media Student's Book(4th edn., 2006) and has produced a wide range of film materials for teachers and students.
Teachers' notes:
1. Film as Industry and Institution
2. New Hollywood in the 1970s
3. The High Concept Model as a means of analysing contemporary Hollywood films
4. The High Concept and Industry Practices
5. Distribution and exhibition
Exercise: 'Simulating Hollywood'
Questions for discussion or essays
Appendix 1: Summer 2000 and the majors' slates
Appendix 2: The cost of making a Hollywood movie
Bibliography
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