CIN201Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Un Chien Andalou, Point-Of-View Shot, Curved Mirror
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Intro: charting the changing fortunes of the french film. France was dominant in the first 2 decades. Situation in france in 1920s differed from germany and. France"s industry had to respond to damaging loss of strength after ww1. Dominant figures in early years of french film was charles. Path , influence in france was comparable to edison"s in the. U. s: got the idea of renting films, path "s production system was managed by ferdinand. Zecca, streamlining production processes put france at the forefront of international input: larger theaters appearing in 1906. Picture palaces appearing in 1910, earlier than in the u. s: path exploited the advantages of vertical integration. (one company manages all 3 = production, exhibition, distribution: by 1908, path "s company controlled 1/3 of film internationally. Path "s chief competitor was gaumont, established by l on. Gaumont, whose head of production was initially alice guy (until 1906) and then louis feuillade.
