post world war two decline of film

Question 1

TV

Answer 1

• diverted the movie audience, people staying home and watching TV instead
• LCD - allowed Hollywood to no longer have to do list, less so with idependent films

Question 2

Red Scare

Answer 2

• anti-communist movement
• thought that communists were in the media ~ if you didn’t cooperate you were put on the black list and could no longer work in the industry
• created fear and stunted creativity in film

Question 3

court case

Answer 3

argument was that the 7 big studios controlled the whole industry, no one could break in

Question 4

vertical integration

Answer 4

• control of production, distribution, exhibition
• oligopoly situation - 7 big studios controlled all 3 of these aspects of industry
• made themselves only good at 1 of 3 elements

Question 5

Non-Hollywood Business Interests

Answer 5

started buying the studios

-especially interested in making money - the bottom line