1. According to the Crash Course video,Why do cinema audiences end up with "only reboots and dystopian fantasies"?
- Hollywood is driven by trends. The success of one film or genre is inspires others to jump on the bandwagon.
2. According to the Crash Course video, what is Classical Hollywood Cinema?
- This is a particular stye of film making between the 1930s and 1950s. Their stories were chaste, formulaic and mostly upbeat.
3. What is high key lighting and who uses it?
- Most films use high key lighting and this ensures that the entire image was clearly visible
4. What happened in the European Film Industry after WW2?
- Cinecitta was nearly destroyed during the war, equipment was often damaged or missing and film stock was hard to come by.
5. Who was Roberto Rosellini and what did he do?
- He was filmmaker and was a working director before the war.
6. Which film movement was he associated with?
- The first Italian Neo-Realist film => Rome: Open City
7. What happened in the late 1950s in France?
- A group of opinionated young film lovers started writing for a movie magazine called Cahiers du cinema.
8. What did critics of the Studio System accuse them of?
- Bad camera movements, worthless dialogue and they do not know how to create cinema.
9. Who was Jean-Luc Godard?
- One of the prominent writers/critics.
10. Did Jean-luc Godard admire any Hollywood directors? Elaborate.
- I think he did admire any hollywood directors because he wrote a scratching attack on 21 major film directors.
11. What is the French New Wave? Describe and name 3 directors and films.-
- This is the style which involves making films swiftly with minimal crews and lightweight equipments. ( Jean-Luc Godard shot "Breathless," Jacques Rivette made "Paris Belongs to Us," Claude Chabrol made "Les Cousins."
12. What happened in the US in 1948 and what effect did it have on their film industry?
- 1948 the antitrust lawsuit: United States vs Paramount Pictures Inc. - forced the major studios to give up their theatre chains. Therefore the marketplace were theoretically open to all kinds of films.
13. What happened in the US in the 1970s? Describe.
- The Baby Boom generation was coming of age, the war in Vietnam was in full swing, American politics was at its most violent since the civil war and studio films seemed to be increasingly out of touch. Ticket sales were decreasing and studio executives were in an outright panic.
14. What do studio executives like?
- Money.
15. Why was Bonnie and Clyde a watershed moment in US film history?
- After winning some influential critics, it became a sensation. With its unapologetic sexuality, casual humour and surprisingly brutal violence, Bonnie and Clyde was a watershed moment in the history of American films.
16. Which other films were made in this period?
- "The Graduate" and "Midnight Cowboy"
17. What is New Hollywood Cinema? When was it? Name 3 directors and films.
- This window of creative control and experimentation came to be called New Hollywood Cinema. Directors: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola and Brian De Palma. Films: "Jaws," "Star Wars" and " Raiders of the lost Ark."
18. What were Summer Blockbusters? When did they arise? Give 2 examples of directors and films.
- Summer Blockbusters were films offered a chance to escape, a more pure from of entertainment which appealed to a wider audience in 1980s. Directors: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Films: "Jaws" and "Star Wars."
19. What happened to Hollywood Studios at this time?
- The studios were being purchased by large, multinational corporations which changed the way the studios worked.
20. What happened to US Cinema in the 1990s? Describe with examples.
- The 1990s saw the arrival of the new set of independent filmmakers and mini-studios. Directors like Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson and Quentin Tarantino made films for independent companies like Miramax and New Line Cinema.
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