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Will Hays |
President of MPPDA. Authorized the drafting of the Production Code |
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Alfred Hitchock |
*Suggestion was part of signature style *Asserted Directorial control through: Cutting in the camera
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Cutting in the camera |
Shootting only what is absolutely necessary. Making it virtually impossible to edit the film other than as it was conceived during production. |
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Kenji Mizoguchi |
*Style was characterized by long take, lateral and vertical camera movement, high angles, diagonal lines, and avoidance of close-ups. *Influenced by western portraiture as well as classical Japanese painting. |
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War activities committee |
Group formed by the Motion Picture Industry to assist the US government during WWII. It distributed government produced propaganda films, and organized war bond drives. |
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House Un-American Activities Committee |
*Created in 1938 to uncover citizens with Nazi ties within the US. *Ruined careers and sent many into exile |
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Venice Film Festival |
Begins in 1932 under Mussolini's fascist regime |
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Cannes Film Festival |
Created as counter fascist event (French and British Collaboration) |
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Festivals |
Praised cultural and aesthetic achievement over commercial appeal |
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Depression |
*Theatre admissions fall * Three major studios (RKO, Fox, and Paramount) suffer the most due to the large number of theater chains they owned *Increased production of B-Films |
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B-Films |
* Low cost and low risk *ran for 60 minutes, usually as a double feature to attract more patrons * Western and action films |
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Production code |
*Set of guidelines as to what was acceptable and unacceptable for a motion picture produced for the public audience *Enhanced economic recovery and stabilized film-making operation |
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Anti-trust Suits (Paramount case) |
Lead to the abolishment of block booking and forced divestment from theater chains |
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Good Neighbor Policy |
*Non-intervention policy in the domestic political affairs of Latin American nations *Due to the tension and collapse of the film industry during WWII in Europe, Hollywood lost much of its traditional revenue so they started distributed films in south and central america |
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Neorealism |
*Golden Age of Italian Cinema (post WWII) *Characteristics: mixture of professional and non-professional actors, filming on location, mundane everyday life, open-endedness of plots |
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Major Neorealist filmmakers |
1. Rossellini 2. De Sica 3. Visconti |
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Auteurism |
Style of film is the director's personal creative vision |
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The Rashomon Effect |
Contradictory interpretations of the same event by different people. |
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Protectiosnism |
Limits on the export of foreign films |
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One Shot/One scene |
Long take |
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Avant-garde |
Influenced by technology and new theories of time, consciousness, perception. |
