Focus will be placed on the films of Steven Soderbergh and the reconsidering of film forms and media for storytelling within changing business and distribution models. Soderbergh is the focus because of his reworking ofgenres of film (German Expressionism, Film Noir, New Wave, Independent, Experimental, Art, Documentary, Melodrama, Dogma, Hollywood Blockbuster, the Remake), explorations of media (Television Drama, Reality Programming, Direct to Video, Film, Streaming) and professional roles (Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Collaborator). Soderbergh's work will be considered in the context of his Independent film contemporaries.