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Raiders of the Lost ark

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Spielberg

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Why is Raiders important

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post modern classic, youth, boix office success

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Postmodernism

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art movement that questions rules and freely mixes genres and periods

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postmodern story structure in Raiders

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Opens with explosive action before characters are introduced

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How is Raiders a classic BB?

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invincible hero, lots of action, nasty villain

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Music of BB era

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return of orchestral score

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Apocalypse Now

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Coppola

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Why is AN important

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first film in response to VN, showed horrors up close and graphic, sound design revolutionary, Brando improvises acting

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Jaws 1975

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Spielberg

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Why is Jaws important

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First BB, made millions, launched Spielberg, orchestral score gave gravity to fantasy subject matter

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Star Wars 1977

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Lucas

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Why Star Wars important

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kicked off star wars series, exemplified summer BB, popularized sci - fi

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Wall Street

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Oliver Stone

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Why is Wall Street important

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Exposed the greed and corruption of Wall Street, money a common 80’s theme

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Vietnam War begins

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60 - 65

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Kennedy assasinated

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60 - 65

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Civil Rights March on Washington

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60 - 65

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Vietnam withdrawl

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70-75

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Watergate scandal

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70 -75

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production Code ends

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68: 65 - 70

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Kent State Shooting

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70,

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Woodstock

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1969

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Iran Hostage crises

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76-80

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steadicam

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Device mounted on operator which uses hydraulics to stablize camera movement so its not shaky and allows operator to move freely

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dissolve
2 shots blend into each other
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zoom lens
lens that can change from a wide angle to a telephoto
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Pan
camera pans horizontally across a scene
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tilt
camera moves vertically up and down
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dolly
camera is put on wheels for a moving shot
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tracking shot
camera follows a subject through a room
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revisionism
conventions are questioned and experimented with
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VCR
Makes more money from rental and purchase than at the box office
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Risky Business 1989
Paul Brickman
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Why is Risky business important
electronic soundrtack
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Blue velvet
1985, David Lynch
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Blade Runner
Ridley Scott
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Why is Blade Runner important
set art direction and lighting standard for years to come,one of the last in camera sci fi movies
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Nationalism/militarism films
Top Gun/Scott:First Blood/Kotcheff
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High School films of 80's
Fast Times at Ridgemont High Risky business Breakfast Club/Hughes
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Nostalgia films
The Outsiders/Coppola Peggy Sue got married/Coppola Back to the future/Robert Zemeckis
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Horror/ Slasher Genre
Halloween
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Why is Halloween important
responsible for popularization of slasher films in 80's, popularized final girl convention, killing off characters that are substance abusers or promiscuous, scenes shot from POV of killer
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examples of horror /slasher in 80's
Friday 13/Nightmare on Elm street
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Teen sex Romp of 80's
geared to teen boys
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Macho tough guy Films
Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry, Stallone/Rocky,Bruce Willis/Die Hard
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Film School generation
Scorcese, Coppola,Spielberg,Lucas,De Palma
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jump cut
an abrupt jarring edit that brekas continuity
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continuity
seamless flow of time and space created by an editor in a film that allows for a realistic flow in a scene
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editor
assembles film, arranges scene, synchronizes sound and picture
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Graduate
Mike Nichols
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Themes of the Graduate
youth rebellion/rejection of traditional values of 60's
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why is graduate important
portrays generation gap, middle class culture of the time, breakout for Dustin Hoffman, uses pop songs, captures crises of youth
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montage
series of images over music
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rack focus
technique in which focus shifts from subject to another in the same shot
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framing
how a director frames the subject matter
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masking
placing an object in front of the camera to alter the frame
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telephoto
long lens designed to follow focus on faraway subjects
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unlikely hero
hero who is an un heroic charcter
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Easy Rider
Dennis Hopper
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Themes of Easy Rider
Alienation, racism, counter culture
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Why is Easy Rider important
first independent film, box office success that shocked HW,shows use of drugs, introduces cocaine, chronicles hippie generation,uses all rock pop soundtrack,toad trip, buddy biker film for specific audience, low budget stule hyand held camera,
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Abortion
70-75
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MPA rating
1968, GMRX
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M changed to PG
1970 | PG 13
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1984 PG 13
Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom
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X replace
1990 NX 17
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effects of R rating
box office killer, filmakers must cut scenes, edit dialogue yo earn a PG rating, production code reasserted
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2001 Space Odyssey, 1968
Kubrik
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Why is 2001 important
1st major art film, no dialogue in first or last 25minutes, animation, minatures, superwide panavision, top grossing movie of the 60's, youth were dranw because of special effects, mysticismm used adaptations of novels or, violence, pessimistic skepticism of traditional values
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Kubrik
Dr strangelove - black comedy, Lolita, pushed limits of production code
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what era was money a theme
80-85
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pope /Raegan shot
80-85
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VCR
changes filmaking,less widescreen used to accommodate TV, film length shortens to about 90 minutes,relationship to film changes, can own it and watch at homem video stores , movie attendance drops again from 40 and over who can watch it at open, inferior format VHS wins over Beta through dirty tricks
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sequels Era
based on the success of the BB, studios try to capitilize by following up with numerous sequels, many are horrid and forever tain what was good, Jaws, Star Wars,
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stock market crash
85-90

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