COMM 150 Lecture Notes - Melodrama, Sidney Lumet
Document Summary
Wrote and produced radio dramas for weub. Tv was introduced during 10 year period around 1948. Black and white tv"s cost around . They were big boxes with a small screen. By 1949, there were 2,000,000 sets in the us. By 1955, half of us households had tv sets. Lumet became known as a lightning quick director. By 1960s americans were watching about 5 hours of tv per day. In 1957, lumet directed 12 angry men. Christine cubbuck shot herself on camera as viewers watched. Mgm helped make the the film: network. Network has aspects of satire and melodrama in its presentation. Pay attention to the different characters and situations.
