FILM 2401 Chapter Notes -Stagecoach, Film Studio, Product Differentiation

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The early film industry readily adopted some of the popular, genres in the other arts (ex. theatrical literature + popular literature); than developed genres that were unique to cinema. In the cinemas genre was actually first only looked upon as a form of product differentiation: attempt to make businesses more profitable; making certain films that would appeal to. Certain studios became famous for making certain types of films: westerns, slapstick comedies, etc. Filmmakers accepted the genre system as the basis for much of the work done in hollywood system of film production; certain directors were known for certain genres: john ford= western films 2) alfred hitchcock=thrillers. The use of genre as a critical concept would come much later: meaning that although the industry itself was using the concept as a business strategy and film directors as a set of rules to follow. Film theorists didn"t appreciate its importance as an analytic tool until the 1950"s.

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