CS101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Edward Bernays, Super Bowl, Targeted Advertising
10 Dec 2013
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Disconnect between critics, audiences and producers of canadian cinema. Hollywood cinema is the dominant form but not the only form. What is canadian cinema: directors find it really hard to explain, some words included weird, sneaky, quiet but no agreement. Key people: louis selznick film producer from the states. Fascinated with the fledgling motion picture business, and recognizing a business opportunity with great potential, he joined a film production company. If canadian stories are worthwhile then companies will be sent to canada to make them. : james freer. Drawing people to markets, first canadian film maker: florence lawrence first movie star, bart beatty. If the are popular, they are regarded as inartistic. If successful they tend to be regarded as somehow un-canadian. Cinema of failure: john grierson invited in 1938 to act as consultant for nfc/nfb. Became first commissioner of the board: james freer (first canadian film maker)
