The Classic Hollywood System: David Fincher

The Classic Hollywood System is a reference to the Hollywood Studio system, which were a small number of studios that dominated the industry from the 1920’s to the 1960’s. The major studios that profited and controlled this system were the “Big Five” studios which included Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, RKO Pictures, Warner Bros, and Metro Goldwyn Mayer. The studios themselves used a form of vertical integration and controlled the film industry. Some practices that were done in order to further support the studio system were practices such as block blocking. This system would basically have a studio sell roughly multiple movies at a time to a theater for them to screen generally there would be 1 attractive film and the rest were A and B movies. Also the “Big …show more content…
As I said in the beginning of the semester it is hard for me to pick just one film. However, I can pick my favorite director who is none other than David Fincher. David Fincher is known for many films such as “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, Se7ven, Fight Club, Zodiac, Gone Girl, and of course “The Social Network”. What I love about his film is the cinematography and overall look of the film. In terms of cinematography Fincher in his films is known for using lots of extreme close ups. However, I personally enjoy many of his shots because they are not handheld. The film “The Social Network” is essentially Fincher’s take the story of Mark Zuckerburg and the creation of Facebook and the lawsuits and events that happened as a result. Fincher rarely uses handheld and because of this it makes his film look so smooth. For example in the film “The Social Network” Fincher only uses one hand held shot in the entire film. The shot itself is not wasted it actually adds to the film. The scene itself is when the police arrest Sean Parker at a party for possession of cocaine. The camera itself is handheld to emphasize the stress of the situation on Parker and the fact that he may be