Fascist sympathizers in Hollywood. After the war was over‚ the committee began targeting Communists. The government believed that the Communist uprising would begin in Hollywood because of the influential power of motion pictures on the American people. Directors‚ writers‚ producers‚ and actors could easily insert subliminal messages into their films to sway Americans to the Communist Party. HUAC began in Hollywood to find Communist sympathizers. The hunt for Communists in Hollywood was sparked by an
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By the early 1930’s‚ the theater and film capital of the United States was separated across the continent. In the Great Depression‚ artists had to make a choice: stay in New York‚ where the winters were harsh‚ and business was sparse‚ or move to Hollywood; sunny year round‚ and business and money was everywhere. Which would you choose? It is‚ of course‚ a trick question. Movie studios quickly tired to add musicals after The Jazz Singer in 1927‚ however they lacked the technology to actually make one;
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Films can provide a unique window into other cultures‚ and it is through this window that audiences on a global scale are able to peer into different lifestyles‚ traditions‚ and histories of others‚ and become exposed to countries‚ regions‚ or subcultures that are unlike themselves. The concept of National cinema is something that has been debated by film scholars and critics for years‚ as the ideas of location‚ distribution and globalization all serve to create different methods of understanding
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have looked up to this pop idol. With the downfall of this idol‚ children who look up to him will follow his bad example. If children look up to these bad influences‚ the future of this world will be filled with no one who respects their bodies. Hollywood
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U64003 FILM HISTORY SHORTLIST OF TOPICS FOR IN-CLASS TEST 2 (scheduled in week 12) 1. Choose one Hollywood major studio and write a brief account of its history (e.g. typical products‚ strategies‚ organization‚ people‚ films‚ crises‚ etc.) from the “classical era” of the studio system to the advent of conglomeration. MGM: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - part of Loew’s enterprise. Loew’s owned a movie studio‚ a network of international distribution and a theatre chain (centred in NY). By 1924 he
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its capital requirements when new IMAX screens were opened in the traditional multiplexes. IMAX not only saves money on films making because they don’t have to pay a lots of money to the major stars as the Hollywood does‚ but also save money on the marketing. IMAX increased the number of Hollywood movies in order to ride on the coat- tails of marketing campaigns launched by the studios. The proposed expanding strategies will bring more audience to IMAX‚ and save more production and distribution costs
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industries‚ allowing American producers to gain the upper hand on the global market. Emergence of Hollywood * Emergence of Hollywood; majority of feature films were produced in Hollywood because Southern California offered inexpensive real estate‚ sunny climate‚ and varied locales. * In NY‚ actors were broadway theater performers at night‚ while they were making films during the day * Hollywood: defined a whole new moviemaking way of
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socio-cultural‚ technological‚ aesthetic and economic artifact. RTF 314 will examine a number of key film movements‚ filmmakers and genres – both mainstream and alternative. Although a special emphasis will be placed upon the development of the Hollywood narrative film‚ discussion will focus upon a number of national cinemas from other parts of the world. This class is geared for the student who has not taken previous work in the history of the motion
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people made as directors and writers‚ it can be concluded that some people are given better treatment than others. A simple and prominent fact is that women are not usually made into directors or included in writing staff during filmmaking. The Hollywood Diversity video explains that women are directing movies
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conventions of classical Hollywood Realism. Through Bicycle Thieves‚ the viewer can pull out elements of both Neorealism and classical Hollywood Realism. Both Bicycle Thieves and Breathless demonstrate Realist elements to their stories that bring upon excitement and dramatically powerful films. Due to the combination of Neorealism and Hollywood Realism‚ aesthetic and narrative effects were shown throughout the films and became a success in world cinema. Realism‚ in the classic Hollywood tradition‚ is a variety
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