FIL-2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Arsenic, Blazing Saddles, His Girl Friday
17 Sep 2018
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Distinguished by a characteristic set of conventions in style, subject matter, and values, Auto synthesize a vast amount of cultural info freeing filmmakers to explore more personal concerns. Can be classified according to subject matter, style period, nat origin, more. 1930-40s sudios turnerd out films at a rapid pace- genre gave conventions, screenwriters have template to work off of. Eachstudio specialized a genre: univ (horror) mgm (musical) warner( (gangster) param (comedy) Develop conventions that help filmmakers focus on story and characters. Love stories featuring zany but glamorous lovers, often from separate social classes include a cast of secondarycharacters ho are wacky too- comic romantic. Ex: it happened one night, arsenic and old lace, his girl friday, charlie chaplin. Always conatin battle scenes, most often dominated by male characters with near to little females, themes often courage, camaraderie, and masculine fortitude. Contemporary films include less idealistic life, more ambiguous morality, and present the human condition truthfully.
