Classical Hollywood New Hollywood
Classic Hollywood • Ben Hur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-25RP47UJI • Cleopatra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6GyRuQTH2g
• Casablanca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLU41jUnWM4
Classical Hollywood • What are the themes/subjects? • What are the settings? • How would you describe the acting? • How are they constructed? Sound – Mis-en-scene - cast • How much do you think they cost?
Classic Hollywood Conventions • The classic Hollywood narrative is structured with an unmistakable beginning, middle and end, and generally there is a distinct resolution at the end. •
Often a happy ending
• Escapism • Big Budget • Studio set made • Big stars linked to/owned by each studio • Star Studio syste • Use of historic storyline • Not contemporary storline • Characters motivated by psychological rather than social concern
New wave Hollywood • Easy Rider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjlxqANj68U • Bonnie and Clyde https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMTGmDJl4iM • Graduate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-3PP7hfIm4
New Hollywood • What are the themes/subjects? • What are the settings? • How would you describe the acting? • How are they constructed? Sound – Mis-en-scene - cast • How much do you think they cost?
New wave Hollywood conventions • New breed of directors
• Film school graduate • Assimilator such as Lumet • Filmed on location – lighter cameras • Smaller budget
• Focus on social issues • New stars or unknown actors • Mid 1960’s onwards • Realism distinct lack of happy endings
• Vague endings without particular conclusion
• These initial successes paved the way for the studio to relinquish almost complete control to these innovative young filmmakers. In the mid-1970s, idiosyncratic, startling original films such as Paper Moon, Dog Day Afternoon, Chinatown and Taxi Driver among others (see below), enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success. These successes by the members of New Hollywood led each of them in turn to make more and more extravagant demands, both on the studio and eventually on the audience.