classical hollywood

Question 1

what does classical hollywood refer to?

Answer 1

sound films between 1927 and 1950

Question 2

what are the 3 basic ways in which classical hollywood differs from modern day?

Answer 2

• produced via the studio system
• more conventional use of the language of film
• stricter censorship

Question 3

what percentage of movies were in colour in 1936?

Answer 3

1%

Question 4

what percentage of movies were in colour in 1944?

Answer 4

10%

Question 5

what percentage of movies were in colour in 1956?

Answer 5

49%

Question 6

what was the first year that every Hollywood movie was in colour?

Answer 6

1968

Question 7

define studio

Answer 7

company whose films were created entirely by it’s own staff

Question 8

what were the 4 major studios of classical hollywood?

Answer 8

MGM, Universal, RKO, and Warner Brothers

Question 9

what were the 6 main genres of classical hollywood?

Answer 9

• screwball comedies
• gangster movies
• westerns
• women’s pictures
• horror
• film noir

Question 10

what are the 7 characteristics of film noir?

Answer 10

• usually about crime
• tone of cynicism/pessimism
• complex psychology in characters
• contains a femme fatal
• may reverse gender traditions
• shadows and dark cinematography
• unusual camera angles

Question 11

what was the major inspiration of film noir?

Answer 11

german expressionism

Question 12

when does film noir switch to being called neo noir?

Answer 12

post 1950