It was true that the government was suing the Hollywood majors for violation of the anti-trust laws – their victory in the 1948 Paramount Case would all but end the studio system that had dominated since the 1920s. Yet it was equally true that these same factors were forcing the majors to turn to people who could create something different. For the first time since the introduction of the Hays Code in 1930, the creatives and not the executives were calling the shots. When the filmmaker Otto Preminger first hired him to design the film titles for the 1954 film Carmen Jones, Bass not only knew that he hired him out of respect for his talent, but that he would give him the freedom to express it. By introducing ideas from the New Swiss Style, Bass made the film title an integral part of the cinema experience.
When movies made their debute, it was only a matter of time before horror stories were filmed. But since it was the slient era, these movies had to rely on visual appearance, such as shawdows and light. It requrie people to bring these monsters into pysiche form. Some of this was hard to do since the film was black and white. One popular movie was Nosferatu, a film about a vampire.
Cesare is awake, proving that somnambulism was drawn from another source. Supporting this even further, Cesare was found dead at the end of the fantasy, yet is still alive in the hospital. The character of Dr. Caligari was formed through the condensation of stories Francis had heard about a famous criminal and the director of the mental hospital. in the 1920s, German Expressionism was well established; the art and film world were influenced by the cultural collapse of Germany. Government officials banned foreign films and filmmakers relied on the war to perform as a muse.
In 1894, Thomas Edison came out with the kinetoscope, which is an early motion picture device. This was a very new concept and development for this time. Little to his knowledge, the first protest against his invention would come forth by the end of the month, which could be viewed by all since the protestors had it recorded. Groups such as the Moral Majority, which is still active today, protested for positive, wholesome values to be aired on television (Trager 2). In 1913, Ohio was the first to establish a censorship council who would view all that would be shown within the state.
Some of the first directors to be granted auteur status by the Cahiers du Cinema critics were directors like Howard Hawks, John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock. Eventually the list expanded to include the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Frank Capra, Jean Renoir and many more (Brody 2013). Since then the list has expanded to modern day directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton. The latter of which will be my focus for this essay. Timothy Walter Burton was born on August 25, 1958 in Burbank, California, United States (Tim Burton biography [Sa])- making him literally a child (and later director) of Hollywood.
It received several awards for the cinematography and an Oscar nomination for art/set decoration (1979). This following paper will closely analyse a short, famous scene from the movie Alien and analyse the cinematography, mis en scene and relevance of the events to the storyline. It will also discuss those techniques effectiveness in helping to create a sense of fear in the viewer. Alien, released in 1979 still lies among the most popular science fiction horror movies. The American film institute recently declared it to be number 7 in the top 10 science fiction movies ever made (2008).
In 1913, Chaplin was invited by Mack Sennet to star in films. In 1921, he created his first film called “The Kid.” One unique thing about Chaplin was how he was a quintuple threat; Chaplin was able to work on the set, act, direct, produce and score the music. Chaplin was and is still a one of a kind director whose works greatly influenced films. Charles Chaplin and Woody Allen have many similarities in their films. One
The first greatest enemies of Native Americans during this same time our own Government. The earliest film stereotyping the Native Americans by Thomas Edison (1894) a movie titled “Ghost Dance,” one movie in a series of short films in Kinectoscopes about the Pueblo People. The poorly done editing depicted a demeaning, negative stereotyping of the Indian Nations. This opened up how the film industry would traditionally portray the Native Americans for many years. “Last of the Mohicans” by James Fenmore Cooper in the 1920 film version, depicted two brothers, Hawkeye, white being raised by the Mohicans.
In early 1895 Ottomar Anschütz (1846–1907) had paying audiences for his Tachyscope, an optical device capable of producing movement in single pictures, and on 1 November that year the Skladanowsky brothers projected what was arguably the first film show as public entertainment. The Skladanowskys' "Bioskop" projector was not, however, technically equal to that of the French Lumière brothers (Auguste [1862–1954] and Louis [1864–1948]), who are generally credited with the first authentic film show on 28 December 1895. Cinema originated as part of variety performances, and the first generation of exhibitors traveled around existing entertainment venues showing, between live acts, a mixture of short items featuring acrobatics, nature scenes, local events, and so on. Many of these items were realist documentation, but filmmakers were already developing film's capacity for the fantastical. The most significant pioneers of German cinema were Oskar Messter (1866–1943) and Guido Seeber (1879–1940) in Berlin.
* NAME: FRITZ LANG * BIRTH NAME: FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN ANTON LANG * BORN: 5 DECEMBER 1890 * BIRTH PLACE: VIENNA, AUSTRIA * DIED: 2 AUGUST 1976, BEVERLY HILLS, LOS ANGELES, USA * SPOUSE: 0 LISA ROSENTHAL (? - 1921) (HER DEATH) 1 THEA VON HARBOU (1922 - 1933) Austrian-born American Fritz Lang (1890-1976) was one of the world's great film directors. He played a major role in shaping two influential film industries: the German during the 1920s and early 1930s with films such as Metropolis and M, and the American during the 1940s and 1950s with films such as You Only Live Once. HIS BEGINNINGS: * Born in Vienna, Austria, on December 5, 1890, to Anton and Paula (née Schlesinger) Lang, Fritz grew up in middle-class comfort. * He soon left home altogether to study his real interest, painting, and to see the world.