Next Thursday (4th of October) we will look at genre and representation, here is your pre-task
Read the Malcolm Gladwell piece for The New Yorker, from 2006 (no apologies for the age of this piece), titled The Formula, about predicting success in the movie business. It's quite a long article, but interesting, well-told and worth the effort.
Consider the following questions and DO NOT create a blog post about your answers. We will discuss this during the class:
a) Do you agree with William Goldman that in movies (and art in general) "nobody knows anything"? Why/why not?
b) Is there a problem with producing media content based on a formula?
c) How much do you consider your own media content creation as business and how much as art?
