week 2 American Cinema Hollywood.pptx

American Cinema 2 Outline Introduction Part I. History of the “Industry” Part II. The actors and directors Part III. Hollywood and the Oscars Conclusion References 3 4 Introduction Until World War I, France was considered the leading film-producing country By the 1920s some three-quarters of films screened around the world came from the United States America is now the leading country for the exportation of movies The tradition of American cinema is largely, though not exclusively, the tradition of the Hollywood entertainment industry, the self-proclaimed dream factory.“ In a classical Hollywood film, the story was primary; with the new technologies, the special effects seems to become often overwhelming The 1990s, decade of remakes, re-releases, and more sequels 5 6 Part I. History of the “Industry” Legendary American inventor Thomas Alva Edison assigned to a British employee, William K. L. Dickson, the task of constructing a machine for recording actual movement on film and another machine for viewing the resulting images 1893 Edison constructed a motion-picture studio in his laboratory Edwin S. Porter took charge of motion-picture production at Edison’s company in 1901 and began making longer films that told a story Porter’s most notable film—and the most famous work of early cinema—was The Great Train Robbery (1903) By the 1920s some three-quarters of films screened around the world came from the US 7 Part I. History of the “Industry” In the 1920s Chaplin began making feature-length comedies, including The Kid (1921) and The Gold Rush (1925) Advent of recorded sound in the 1920s changed motion pictures First demonstrated in 1926, recorded sound was in almost universal use by 1930 Two new genres that flourished with the coming of sound were gangster films and musicals (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers) Film animation gained in popularity; Walt Disney first animated cartoon with synchronized sound, Steamboat Willie (1928), featured Mickey Mouse Snow White and the Seve