FS2 - Audiences and Producers:
the Hollywood system
Looking at
- Stars (actors and actresses) and how they are idolised by the moviegoing public (basically, pleasure/profit motive)
- History of Hollywood, the "studio era" (1930-1949)
- Hollywood studios and "house" styles of filmmaking
- Finance and distribution
- Independent cinema
so go HERE to visit the Hollywood system info page! :)
A new page has recently been added about the stages of film production. Click to learn more!
FS3 - Messages and Values -
topics include
- the 1940's : War and its Aftermath
- the Swinging Sixties
- Passions and Repressions
- Justice and Law
- Scottish Cinema in the 1980's and 1990's
We've covered the Swinging Sixties, so that's what will be presented here!
British Cinema of the 1960's
Films covered as part of this module: (links are to www.imdb.com)
- If... (Lyndsay Anderson,1969)
- A Hard Day's Night (Richard Lester,1964)
- A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971) *
- Goldfinger (Guy Hamilton, 1964)
Incidentally, you can read my practice macro study on Goldfinger by clicking here.
* this film, although released in 1971 and set in a dystopian future society, still retains the rebellious nature borne of the 1960's.
As part of the course we have also had to produce coursework! this includes both
- micro study (looking at mise en scene, cinematography, lighting and sound)
- macro study (looking at character, narrative and genre).
My final coursework macro is posted here (Hitchcock's Psycho). I have now completed my complementary micro study on Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, which is posted for your delight here.
Aside from the films listed above, which have been prescribed by the course, a number of other films have also been shown to exemplify aspects of film form and filmmaking. They are:
Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975) - eg. of a major Hollywood production,
Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) - eg. of montage editing (the famous shower scene) and use of fractured narrative,
Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) - eg. of a studio picture (the now defunct RKO) and film noir genre,
The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) - eg. of mise en scene,
Easy Rider (Dennis Hopper, 1969) - eg. of independent cinema,
Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992) - eg. of micro study (opening "tip scene"),
Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) - eg. of cinematography (use of steadicam),
Bridget Jones's Diary (Sharon Maguire, 2001) - UK film distribution (or how UK film industry panders to Hollywood),
Star Wars (the very first one in the trilogy, George Lucas 1977) - film fans and fan behaviour.In tandem we looked at someone's student film intended as a parody of Shakespeare in Love and Star Wars, entitled George Lucas in Love
Goldfinger
A Hard Day's Night
If...
A Clockwork Orange
Scribblin'
Psycho... Check Right In!!
Internet Movie Database
Filmsite.org
Filmstudies.org
www.bfi.org.uk