Film Flashcards
pictorial realism
realistic pictures; used to tell stories
Birth of a Nation
- racist subject matter, controversial, stylistically/structurally complex
- told a full story
- made a good deal of money - widely shown and showed that the film industry could be a profitable business
Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)
controlled all the major film companies
-controlled how long the movies could be, blocked actor identification because they didn’t want the actors to gain too much power, control, fame
Hollywood
center of production films, feature film length films, movie starts
- formed after the film industry broke away from the MPPC
- farthest away from MPPC, had lots of cheap land, good weather
- by 1919 80% if the world’s films were made in socal; Hollywood/ SoCal has remained center of the film industry, even attracts foreign talent
sound
- introduction to film in 1927
- first famous film with sound = jazz film
- diminished the international market b/c movies were no longer universal (nonverbal language)
Golden Age
age of the Great Depression and 2nd World War
- film helped people escape the hard times
- musicals and comedies were very popular
- important social issues were also shown in films (i.e. gangsters)
- documentary films
Post World War II Decline of Film
followed Golden Age
relationship between film and TV
- spirit of competition is now one of working together
- movies sell to TV networks
- TV series make movies - made by studios
Video
- rentals
- originally feared, people can stay at home and watch
- actually gave more revenue stream; selling film to video store to be rented - sell at high cost
sell through
selling videos directly to public at lower cost but could sell in volume
-originally aimed at family films
direct-to-video
never in move theater, directly to video
- started with movies that were just bad
- the sequel to animation films
- the general sequel or prequels
- make 2/3rd of profit from videos
audience
huge decline after WWII
- remains primarily young people
- teens - repeat business, more likely to buy concessions, not as effected by critics
- boy teens; want to see now
- female teens - girl power
- fastest growing segment = baby boomers
persuasive nature of film
- high impact, high involved medium
- environment draws you in
- doesn’t attempt to persuade - central focus = entertainment
move to digital
digital projection system replace film projection
-digital technology has effect on content film, more computer generation and improved special effects
digital distribution
used to have to ship film reels, replaced after use
- digital can be sent for pennies, endless perfect personal copes can be made
- downside = initial cost (hardware/software, infrastructure)
