FINAL - Film History (I)

Question 1

What are the 4 approaches to film history?

Answer 1

1. Aesthetic
2. Technological
3. Social/Cultural
4. Economic

Question 2

Who were some of the pioneers of filmmaking in the late 19th century?

Answer 2

The Lumiere Brothers (Louis and Auguste Lumiere). Unveiled their invention, the cinematographe, in Paris in 1895.

Question 3

What were studios like during Hollywood’s Golden Age?

Answer 3

Actors were on contract.
Sound came along.
Centralized process that was organized around big studios that producers owned everything.

Question 4

What lead to the studios’ decline?

Answer 4

Actors were fed up..
Actors would break talent contracts (1943).
Paramount Decree (1948).
Rise of Television.

Question 5

What made the New Hollywood of the 1960s and 70s different?

Answer 5

Directors become much more important.
Tended to go shoot on location.
Pushing the boundaries (nude, drugs, sex).
Blockbuster and the end of New Hollywood. (Jaws, Star-Wars)