institutional context for one flew over the cuckoos nest
What are the essential differences between the two institutional contexts in which Vertigo and One Flew Over were produced? (What are the differences between the contexts (of things that were happening in the film industry at the time) of 1958 and 1975)
notes:
new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in United States
In New Hollywood films, the film director, rather than the studio, took on a key authorial role. The films made in this movement are stylistically characterized in that their narrative
After the demise of the studio system and the rise of television, the commercial success of films was diminished until the "New Hollywood
The Paramount Case ended block booking and ownership of theatre chains by film studios which severely weakened the traditional studio system
Technicolor developed a far more widespread use, while widescreen processes and technical improvements, such as CinemaScope, stereo sound and others, such as 3-D, were invented in order to retain the dwindling audience and compete with television.
for both of these films you will therefore be
analysing and making comparisons between the following:
Contrasting institutional
contexts (the studio system vs new Hollywood) [C3]
Contrasting social contexts in which
each film was made [C3]
Auteur theory (the ‘signatures’
of both directors of both films within their production contexts; stars
as auteurs) [S7]
Comparison of key elements of film form (micro
features) through close textual analysis
of specific film sequences [C1]
Making Meaning – shared and
differing representations of gender and madness in each film (with reference to critical and
commercial receptions) [C2]
notes:
new generation of young filmmakers came to prominence in United States
In New Hollywood films, the film director, rather than the studio, took on a key authorial role. The films made in this movement are stylistically characterized in that their narrative
After the demise of the studio system and the rise of television, the commercial success of films was diminished until the "New Hollywood
The Paramount Case ended block booking and ownership of theatre chains by film studios which severely weakened the traditional studio system
Technicolor developed a far more widespread use, while widescreen processes and technical improvements, such as CinemaScope, stereo sound and others, such as 3-D, were invented in order to retain the dwindling audience and compete with television.
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