Chapter 7 Flashcards
Studio System
Period of Hollywood history where major studios controlled all aspects of production, distribution, and exhibition.
(Basically vertical integration)
Intertextuality
The ways in which a film either explicitly or implicitly refers to other films (think Easter eggs)
QT’s PF when the mob wife asks John Trev to dance
Star as commodity
Star approach with economic context
Famous star in movie = guarantee movie sales
Star as text
Star as a sign, an image constructed through a network of intertextuality (what is this?)
Stars are not reducible to flesh and blood actors, but rather the complex of personas made up from other films they appear in
Star as object of desire
Unquantifiable returns on our emotional investments that are erotic contemplations
Getting a sense of fullfilment
Female Star
Typically the sexualized spectacle that disrupts narrative momentum, for erotic exhibition.
QT’s mob wife when first introduced
Synthespians
Virtual/non-human actors. (mr. fantastic fox)
Star as celebrity
Sustained not by talent or ability in profession, but sustained through meda gossip etc.
Easy remember: Stars are famous for the work they represent, not for who they are outside of those works.
Star as professional
Stars are rooted squarely in the film text itself.
Star as performer
Focusing attention on the job and art of acting only.
