Classical And New Era Hollywood Flashcards
Who was the spike lee’s main collaborator in production desighn?
•Wynn Thomas, collaborating on films such as Malcolm x, school daze and blackkklansman.
•designed and created Sal’s pizzeria and Korean grocery store
•created murals and painting walls to reflect film’s colour palette
Name 3 facts relating feminism in the classical Hollywood era
•1965 civil rights act-women cannot be discriminated against men
•more women in the workplace, not the case in Hollywood
•Female nudity rated R, male nudity in films rated NC17
Who was Hitchcock’s lead collaborator in costume desighn during vertigo production and what were some of her contributions?
Edith head, created Judy’s grey suit.
Who was lee’s main collaborator in costume design during dtrt and what were some of her main contributions?
Ruth E Carter, created the Afro centric expression of characters costumes
Who was lee’s main collaborator in cinematography during dtrt and what were some of his main contributions?
Ernest Dickerson
Created the heat haze effect using a lighter under the camera.
Used gel filters to amplify the warm colour palette
Created new ways to film black characters that made their skin look more realistic
Who was Hitchcocks lead collaborator in graphic design, what films did he assist the auteur with and what were his main contributions?
Saul bass, created the vertigo opening credits and dream sequence, designed marketing for vertigo, worked on other films such as north by northwest.
Describe the differences in editing between vertigo and DTRT
Vertigo overall has a much slower editing pace, eg the long takes during the car pursuit sequence
DTRT much quicker, eg riot scene averages about 2 seconds between cuts
How is music significant in DTRT
Used to symbolise identity, segregation and anger
Tina dancing aggressively to public enemy fight the power
Radio raheems loud music is what directly starts the riot
Latin music playing around the group of Hispanic characters
How should the intro to a DTRT and vertigo compare question be structured?
Include key scenes
Understanding of auteur theory/sig features
Mention compare
Brief plan outlining how you will answer
Make a point about the similarities and differences of colour palettes used in DTRT/vertigo
Both auteurs use vivid, expressionistic colour palettes, but in slightly different ways. For instance lee uses a very red/warm colour palette to symbolise rising tensions/heat whilst Hitchcock uses a red colour palette to symbolise love and murder.
