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celluloid
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transparent film, enable light sensitive chemicals to be contained (started motion pics)
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kinetoscope
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small projection system that used spools of film
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vitascope
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larger screen projection system allowed more film to be used (edison)
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nickelodeon
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silent, shorts: democracie's theater caused number of movie viewers to raise rapidly (edison's trust)
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narrative films
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movies that tell stories
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vertical integration
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controlling production, distribution and exhibition
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oligopoly
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few firms control the bulk of the business
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studio system
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a movie making technique that runs as an assembly line putting the most skilled in the department they are most skilled at
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block booking
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making a movie with no stars to go with the movie with tons of stars for promotion
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Adolf Zukar and William Fox
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-founded fox corp
-defeated edison's trust -invented the studio system -produced an oligopoly |
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Alice Blache
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-1st woman director
-produced, directed and supervised over 300 films |
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Big 5
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Paramount
MGM Warner Bros 20th Century Fox RKO |
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Little 3
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Columbia
Universal United artists |
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Talkies
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-1st movies with talking
-"The Jazz Singer" (Al Jolsen became a star) released by Warner Bros |
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Oscar Micheaux
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-important African American filmmaker (early 20th century)
-"within our gates" -griffith's "Birth of a nation" |
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Daniel Lord
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-thought films corrupted america
-wrote movie code |
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Hays
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-president of MPPDA (movie code)
-creates the PCA (Production Code Admin.) |
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Catholic Church
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listed movies in the newspaper as immoral
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After when movies had to have PCA seal
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1934
(1930's PCA reigned supreme) |
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Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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-1966
-directed by Mike Nicholas -released w/o pca seal |
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Jack Valenti
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-head of the motion picture association of america
-created a deal between noto and sag to form self censorship |
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MPAA Rating Code
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-comitee of 8-13 anonymous members that must be a parent
-movies are "voluntarily" submitted for review -harsher on sex than violence rating systems designed to inform parents |
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The Hollywood Ten
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10 writers accused of being communists
-thought film would be overun by communism |
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(TV changes hollywood)
demographic changes when? |
after WWII
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(TV changes hollywood)
avrg age of marriage? |
19
(families start earlier) baby boom and staying home with kids |
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tv replaces radio and movies when?
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1950
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movies develop what?
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cinemascope and technicolor
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(2003)
how much spent on videos? |
19 billion
-sales outweigh rentals |
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(2003)
percent with dvd players? |
40%
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(2003)
owns blockbuster? |
viacom
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(by 2003)
blockbuster stores in us? |
6,000
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(by 2003)
blockbuster stores outside us? |
2,000
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(2002)
bought movie tickets annually? |
1 1/2 billion
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(2003)
movie business revenue? |
9 billion
(more people renting multiplex, megaplex) |
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jaws
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1975 highest grossing until star wars
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starwars
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1977 highest grossing
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dominators of film
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fox, fox searchlight (new corp)
miramax, buena vista (disney) Columbia Universal Paramount Dreamworks Lion's Gate |
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how many of highest grossing films released since 2002?
name 4 |
6
(shrek 2, star wars E3, LOTR, Passion) |
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cinema verite
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truth film
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