This is an interesting question so I pulled out my copy of David Bordwell's Film History and... he doesn't have a lot to say. Companies were shooting in LA as early as 1908 and the Selig company set up a studio there in 1910, the New York Motion Picture Company set up a studio in 1909 and starting around that same time Biograph would send D.W. Griffith to L.A. during the winter. As some other people have already mentioned, the MPPC's failed attempt to create a monopoly is part of what drove people
Movies of the 1920s started out very diverse and different from the movies today. Each movie can differ from one another. Movies during this time made in several places. Movies shown in different ways can give a person different perspective of the movie. 1920 movies really kicked off and built upon the foundation that’s already in place. Most of the movie production took place in or near Hollywood. Some of the movies made in New Jersey and in Astoria on Long Island had the same elements and things
excellent performance to study when writing about issues such as gender, race, class and sexuality. Although there has been many versions such as the Broadway musical, Frank Urson’s 1927 film and, of course, the original text by Maurine Watkins, for this essay, I am going to be focusing on Rob Marshall’s 2002 film adaptation. It is important to know that this version is based on Bob Fosse’s 1975 Broadway adaptation. Fosse himself struggled with the temptation of pills, alcohol and women, which may
The 1920’s were a time of great development and change. Women began gaining more freedom including and the right to vote and became more independent in the way they thought, taking a stand for their individuality and right to be respected. The jazz age made the 1920’s; it created life and became the popular music for dancing. Prohibition; the ban of alcohol, was influenced by the temperance movement and created a lot of controversy. The evolving change and freedom gained in this time, would influence
Through studying how historical films are able to display events from the past in either an accurately or highly romanticised form, I have been able to see how my perception on historical film has been altered. My original conception of what makes a film historical was just that the film had to show events from the past in a coherent order. Through referring to the film I used in the introductory essay, Carl Theodor Dreyer's La passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928) and how Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde
book under review is Steven Ricci’s Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922-1943. Ricci’s book seeks to explore the influences upon Italian cinematography during this period, focusing upon the impacts made by Fascist politics, economic restraints and Hollywood connections. Throughout the book Ricci is keen to widen the focus upon Italian cinema and expand the inquisition beyond the common preconceptions of all Italian film during this period being dominated and controlled by Fascist concepts
ask for Gus” (New York Evening Sun). These eleven words defined history during the prohibition era. This period during American history was a time where the consumption and sale of alcohol was illegal for about a decade. In a well-known documentary called, “Prohibition” directed by Ken Burns made in 2011 tells the story of the rise and fall of the 18th amendment. Anyone interested in learning about this significant period in history, which brought upon the first modern political movement, and wants
and available from early morning to midnight. Film stock is an analog medium that is used for recording motion pictures or animations. This is a strip or sheet of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals. The size and other characteristics of the crystals determine the sensitivity, contrast, and resolution of the film. The four general types of films
American films are held to certain stereotypes that they are not held at when seen in Mexican films. When watching a movie where Mexicans are involved, you will most likely be watching a comedy, because the American film industry finds it easier to portray Mexicans in more of comedic standpoint. I have noticed there is a significant amount of difference between both Mexican and American films, from having the opportunity of watching both Mexican and American films growing up. The Mexican film industry
CHAPTER 2 Literature Review In Chapter 2 the film industry is analysed with special focus on the Marketing Mix. The chapter is introduced by the cinema industry sector. Furthermore it gives a detailed description of what an experience is what leads to the importance of marketing and makes clear why the 4Ps have been chosen to structure the literature review. The central theme is to discover the most appropriate film industry elements for the four different variables of the Marketing Mix to provide