Studio System(including the 5 majors and 3 minors, what separates the majors for the minors \n [theater ownership], and the three main components of filmmaking—production, \n distribution, and exhibition)
The Paramount Decree of 1948
Government decreed that studios could no longer own their own theaters
The Hays Code/Motion Picture Production Code (MPCC)
Self-imposed censorships laws on the part of Hollywood
Genre
Formulas used in making popular films
Film Noir (including the difference between Classical film noir and neo-noir--consciousness!)
Musicals
Westerns
Social-Problem Films
Romantic Comedies
Horror Films
The Star System
System by which studios virtually owned stars, who were known as “property”, via long-term contracts and image cultivation
The Classical Hollywood Style
Values mise-en-scene>montage
Minimal cinematic trickery (special effects)
Comparatively less cuts
Real-life shots
Classical Hollywood Era
1930-1967
The New American Style
Values montage>mise-en-scene
Welcoming of cinematic trickery
Comparatively more cuts
New American Cinema
1967-present
The Auteur Theory
Proposed by Andre Bazin in Cahiers du Cinema
Essentially states that at their best, directors and their works should be considered to be on the same level of artistic prestige as the best musicians, painters, etc.
So-called “Auteurs” have a personal style/calling card
Contradicted by the likes of Steven Speilberg, Rob Reiner
The Cahiers du Cinema
1951 French movie journal
Andre Bazin and co.
The Film School Generation
First generation of classically influences, formally trained filmmakers
The Male Gaze Theory
Proposed by Laura Mulvey
Essentially suggests that because the gross majority of films have been produced by men, their perspectives behind the camera influence those who consume their films
High Concept Filmmaking
Films based on concept rather than story (think Fast and Furious)
Independent Cinema
Any film made outside of traditional Hollywood filmmaking