CCS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Classical Hollywood Cinema, Silent Film, Sound Film

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Cinema and Cultural Studies
• Course: CCS 200
• Professor: Gaboury

Document Summary

Early cinema (1895-1917) experimentation, vaudeville, nickelodeon, cinema of. Classic cinema (1917-1945) standardization, technique, sound, genre, studio system . Postwar cinema (1945-1965) cold war, civil rights, memory, trauma, television . Contemporary cinema (1965- present) new hollywood, new left, vietnam, new technology . 1913-1917: period of maturation earlier films: simple, static. 1910s: narrative cinema evolves and filmmakers develop new techniques such as the close up. Griffith by far the most influential filmmaker birth of a nation ("15) was considered one of the most influential films ever. Classical hollywood silent era of classical hollywood cinema. Rise of hollywood as the center of filmmaking famous actor: charlie chaplin. Only way to approach narrative is through tools of camera (people can"t vocally express themselves). Intertitles appear to demonstrate what exactly the person is saying, otherwise actors" performances are very gestural and rely on facial expressions to convey the message. Until late 1920s, films had no synchronous sound (intertitles, musical accompaniment) .