FILM TV 184A
Overview of Contemporary Film Industry
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Examination of evolving economic structures and business practices in contemporary Hollywood film industry, with emphasis on operations of studios and independent distribution companies, their development, marketing, and distribution systems, and their relationship to independent producers, talent, and agencies. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Summer 2017 - I took Film/TV 84A (since it has come to replace 184A) over Summer session A online. The workload was ridiculous. My on-campus lecture for Summer was far more interesting and required far less work. Weekly discussion posts/responses, 50+ pages of weekly textbook reading along with about 10 online articles per week (each of which can exceed 17 pages), and approximately 3 hours of monotone online lectures to watch weekly. This is all in addition to the 3-4 page single spaced midterm essay (which, despite being short, is very time consuming) and the 8-10 page final essay (which has been pretty difficult to write). If you have a lot of spare time on your hands over Summer and don't mind being indoors a lot, this is totally the Film class for you. Overall, while interesting, this class is way too much work for a Summer course.
Summer 2017 - I took Film/TV 84A (since it has come to replace 184A) over Summer session A online. The workload was ridiculous. My on-campus lecture for Summer was far more interesting and required far less work. Weekly discussion posts/responses, 50+ pages of weekly textbook reading along with about 10 online articles per week (each of which can exceed 17 pages), and approximately 3 hours of monotone online lectures to watch weekly. This is all in addition to the 3-4 page single spaced midterm essay (which, despite being short, is very time consuming) and the 8-10 page final essay (which has been pretty difficult to write). If you have a lot of spare time on your hands over Summer and don't mind being indoors a lot, this is totally the Film class for you. Overall, while interesting, this class is way too much work for a Summer course.
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