CTM 211 - POST-9/11 AMERICAN CINEMA

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

This course analyzes the history, aesthetics, business, and production techniques of post-9/11 American cinema. Students will examine how filmmakers continue to consider the power of popular film to function as a potent cultural artifact. Students will be able to reflect on defining fears and anxieties of this tumultuous era. Students will learn business models and technological advancements for production, distribution and exhibition. The course examines the evolution and shift towards realist aesthetics in film, and how the choice of a particular realism has an ideological significance; and the growth of global nature of 9/11 with reference to how Hollywood deals with American catastrophe in a global context.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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