Michael Curtiz:
Started his film career in Hungry in 1912 and did other films in Europe in 1920's. Then moved to the US in 1926 to work for Warner Brothers.
Made films in many different genres including:
Drama/Romance.
Crime.
Action Adventure.
Musical
And many more....
Used many different actors across all films.
1920s-1950s classical hollywood or golden age
The big 5
MGM
Paramount
Warner Bros
RKO
20th century fox
The little 3
Universal
Colombia
United artists
Studio System
a system that enabled the biggest studios in Hollywood to have total control
Block Booking
a studio would sell a years worth of films to theaters. Banned in 1948
Motion Picture Producers and Distribution Association
In
the late 1920s, while the MPPDA was spreading Hollywood
films around the world, the trade body also had a significant problem at home
to deal with.
The
MPPDA
hired Will Hays to put in place a self-regulatory code of practice. The Motion
Picture Production Code of 1930, known informally as the ‘Hays Code’,
established a set of subjects that films simply couldn’t depict, alongside
topics that films had to treat with extreme caution.
It
remained
in place until the late 1960s. The most important taboos
were
sex
and criminal behaviour.
The
studios were also infamous for ‘owning’ their stars, a practice
known
as the star system
Narrative structure
The
narrative is clearly structured with discernible beginning middle and end.
Continuity editing
Editing
techniques used to make the edits as invisible as possible to avoid
drawing attention to themselves.
Establishing shot WS
Shot / Reverse Shot
180º rule
30º rule Camera
should move at least 30° between shots of the same subject that occur in
succession. If
not followed, it will create a jump cut that will bring attention to the
filming technique rather than the story
Cutting on Action
Eyeline match
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