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looked towards the threat as a source of revenue and began producing television content. Eventually studios found themselves creating more television content than feature films and the line between the two mediums began to blur. Movie studios like Warner Brothers and MGM began to sell their pre-1950s film catalogues and by 1956 television would broadcast its first feature length film The Wizard of Oz (1939). Hollywood eventually lost control of their contracted stars as they began making their…

Movies are a gateway to our imaginary world. Through movies we can time travel to places we could only dream of. They narrate stories that are a combination of our personal experiences as well as projections of our mind. The narratives cannot be comprehended nor imagined without architectural spaces. It is this very architectural layer in movies that strings the narrative, the characters and the idea into a gripping plot that leaves behind a powerful imprint on the viewers’ minds. Movies…

get the producers, directors writers and actors viewpoint reflected in the story that they are producing. The film is, from the producers’ time view, about current events thereby the film will often show the external constraints being forced upon it, some locally and some globally. I will argue that although just a fictional story, it transcends that, with at times a character becoming a stand-in for entire countries. It offered a new stereotype for males to aspire to and realise that they can…

In ‘Music and the Silent Film’ by Patrick Miller the writer comments that from the earliest days of the cinema, commercial films were accompanied by music. From the fairground nickelodeons where player pianos churned out popular favourites to the glittering movie palaces where large orchestras accompanied the images on the silver screen, film music flourished. Music for the movies not only heightened the emotional response to a picture, but also served the practical purpose of drowning out the…

allowing for true consistency with filming. The studios are now owned entirely by Warner Brothers; making it the only Hollywood film studio with permanent studio in the United Kingdom. (Puig) After Warner Brothers acquired the property they invested more than 100 million dollars into the property to turn it into a one-stop magical adventure for Harry Potter fans of all ages. (Puig) The studio is now called Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. Today, one average 6,000…

Best filmmaker in the 1920’s? Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin changed the way films were produced and how they were seen. Compare what technology is today to what it used to be. Imagine watching a black and white movie with no talking nor outside sounds. Watching a movie today at the movie theater you can almost feel the vibration from how loud it is. Chaplin was able to produce and star in silent films and he still was able to get his point across. Today when people watch a movie, there are multiple…

Another scene that shows his childish behaviors, would be at the end of the film, where instead of moving on with his life, he tries to track down Elaine, who is already engaged. In the concluding moments of the film, Ben makes it to the church in time to prevent Elaine from getting married, and fights off her family including his previous mistress, Mrs. Robinson. The childish and uncouth behavior of Ben is typical for the type of characters portrayed in Hollywood films during the…

psychology still remained central, and continuity rules. Sound, color, deep focus, and other techniques enhanced the style. Genre in Hollywood Almost every Hollywood studio was associated with a specific type of genre; MGM had musicals and dramas, Warner Bros. Had gangster films, Universal had its share of horror films. Although different genres, they fallowed the same classical narrative structure. Problems arose in the beginning of the film and they must be solved in order to restore the…

The final product was only successful because Nichols (and screenwriter-producer Ernest Lehman) were willing to take risks. On March 5th, 1964, Warner Brothers purchased the rights to Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? for $500,000 at the time ($3.8 million now). This was a highly controversial move on the part of Warner Brothers executive, Jack L. Warner, as Who’s Afraid of…

American attendance began to decline do to the simple fact of Independent filmmakers. Once independent filmmakers where allowed the right to show their films, a whole category of competition began stir the melting pot in the post War era. Hollywood had to actually try to be creative with the work they threw out to people. Hollywood production companies were so used to being on the top of the world with no competition. Films were just being shot out to the world with no thoughts or creativity.…