Catherine Barrett Thomas Edison State College American Cinema Assignment 1 11/13/14 What factors led to the development of the motion picture industry? Discuss motion picture industry development in terms of the need for technological innovations and narrative structure. In your answer, be sure to discuss the role Hollywood has played in American culture through the years. Who would ever believe that a bet about whether or not all four hooves of a horse were all off the ground at the same time, would lead us into the motion picture industry? (Lewis 7) But that is exactly what started the evolution of the motion picture.
Morever, Man With a Movie Camera and A Sixth Part of the World best exemplifies Vertov’s utopian vision and how he viewed the world in relation to the kinoeye, by emphasizing certain notions such as modernity, enthusiasm, and internationalism by simply capturing life as it is. Man With a Movie Camera and A Sixth Part of the World both represent Vertov’s soviet vision. Vertov believed that there was a close connection between technology and humans. This belief can be viewed as a response to the industrial revolution that was as its peak in Soviet Russia in the 1960’s, where there were mass productions of machines and mass production by machines. Vertov believed that in order for the world to be understood properly, there had to be an intervention between machine and human- especially the camera and the human eye.
The 1920’s saw a shift in culture no other era had experienced thus far due to the growth and dominance of advertising. Technological inventions of this century, such as the radio, the billboard, and the magazine, brought ideas and information to people in new ways, impacting the entire social lifestyle of the time. Peoples live were suddenly filled with voices and signs telling them exactly what to buy and what they should. The happy-go-lucky and ‘nothing to lose’ persona encompassing the citizens of the time only fueled their decisions to go ahead and buy these offered products. Items were being offered that had never been on the market before such as refrigerators, telephone sets, cookers, the Model T by Henry Ford, and an endless amount of domestic hardware and commodities.
The OWI would manipulate the scripts and outcomes of many films for the benefits of the country as a whole. These books were historical contexts on films during the time of war. The books found were historical because they went over the history of World War II during this time, and they were also able to glimpse at the history of film. Both books made it obvious to their readers that the government played a major role in cinema during this time. Pressure from the war was high, and any way for the government to interlude propaganda to the public in order to boost morale was
Then, along came "The Wizard of Oz." Needless to say, audiences were not only stirred by the terrific story, but they were also dazzled by the film's special effects. The special effects are glorious in that old Hollywood way, in which you don't even have to look closely to see where the set ends and the backdrop begins. Almost all films were still being made in black and white, so the switch from black and white to color would have had a special significance in 1939 when the movie was made. "The Wizard of Oz" was a major achievement when you consider that it was filmed nearly three-quarters of a century ago.
In the extraordinary outlandish film “Powaqqatsi”, created by an astounding and adept filmmaker Godfrey Reggio, humans were shown gradually becoming more civilized and technologically enhanced. Thus, pouring light into an immense relationship between technology and the development of freedom and equality. In another case, imagery and music was utilized and therefore stirred emotions of the audience. However, not only that but, filming techniques and astonishing editing led the movie to become astronomically different than modern films. Despite all this, the use of organized imagery was revealed by displaying third world countries in the opening, then slowly changing into advanced society, thus leading the film to become increasingly varied and diverse.
Although myth was traditionally transmitted through the oral tradition on a small scale, the technology of the film industry has enabled filmmakers to transmit myths to large audiences via film dissemination (Singer, “Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film”, 3-6). In the psychology of Carl Jung, myths are the expression of a culture or society’s goals, fears, ambitions and dreams (Indick, “Classical Heroes in Modern Movies: Mythological Patterns of the Superhero", 93-95). Film is ultimately an expression of the society in which it was credited, and reflects the norms and ideals of the time and location in which it is created. In this sense, film is simply the evolution of myth. The technological aspect of film changes the way the myth is distributed, but the core idea of the myth is the same.
California: ABC-CLIO, 2009 This book focuses on the American movies that have had profound influence on American culture and thought. Lee’s novel was adapted for film and the story reached an even larger audience beyond readers. The book shows how the book helped cause the transformation of Americans’ perspective of race and class as well as the concept of morality. Zastrow, Charles. Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering People.
All of this optimism and forward thinking was apparent in the music industry of the decade. The 1950’s were full of momentum and changes in music which would affect the music scene from then on out. The 1950’s saw the creation of a genre that would revolutionize music forever –
The Harlem renaissance was formed. Mass media movies and sports played important roles in creating the popular culture of the 1920s. New forms of entertainment were introduced. Newspapers and Magazines began mass- circulating and flourished in the 1920s. The radio industry changed forever, not only could people listen to important messages and speeches, people could now tune in for news, entertainment, and advertisements.