test 2 intro film hsitory
what are the characteristics of the Westerns of the 1930s?
1850s-19th century
the great plains
western towns
sheriffs
struggles of white pioneers vs Indians
women were ornaments
what are the characteristics of a gangster fil of the 1930s?
cities, urban areas
nights
dark night clubs
women were ornaments
mother/sisters were saints
rivalries
the G-men (government men)
white men
audience vicariously involved in characters
who made Birth of a Nation, why important to film history?
D.W. Griffith
an epic
first use of the iris
firs tot show close up to show emotion
first to have music scored for the movie
first to use complex storytelling
large cast
who was Buzzby Burkley?
a drill instructor for the army
a good dancer
choreographer
14 musicals to his name
showed human side of dancers
who was Theda Bara, why was she important?
the vamp
sex goddess of silent screen
“Arab death”
exotic makeup/costumes
all movies are gone
what was United Artists?
artists made production company
first serious effort for talented artists to make own production company
reaction to a business in chaos
Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Douglass Fairbanks, Mary Pickford
importance of Thomas Ince?
father of the western
formated production (preproduction, production, post-production)
Inceville - his studio; 20,000 acres
edited own films
Who is Sergei Eistenstein, why is he important?
father of film editing
Battleship Potempkin - Odessa Steps sequence
collision of images
what changed in film with the advent of sound?
actors viewed differently
voices, accent
lighting too loud, new lighting made
static movement of actors - microphones hidden in objects
“quiet on set”
new screenwriters
more stagey
audiences retrained on how to watch films - be quiet
comedies changed
what was the Hayes’ Office?
created the Hayes’ code
William Hayes
worked with production companies
Catholic Church got involved
certificate title card - film was approved