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How were German firms able to successfully challenge Hollywood for the control of sound film production and exhibition in Europe? How did German directors use sound in ways that were distinct from H
Identify the Big Five Hollywood studios (or “Majors”) of the 1930s and summarize the activities of each during this decade. What were their strategies for weathering the effects of the G
How did the Hays Office operate to protect, rather than hinder, the interests of the American film industry? Explain how Production Code regulations helped modify the content of Hollywood movies.
Pick two of the following stylistic categories: sound recording, camera movement, color, special effects, cinematography styles. Analyze how innovations within these categories influenced the develo
Pick two of the following genres: the war film, the gangster film, the screwball comedy, the musical. Describe the evolution of these genres between 1930 and 1945, and provide examples of representa
Compare and contrast the production practices of the top three animation studios of the studio era: Disney, Fleischer, and Warner Bros. What sorts of animation techniques did each specialize in?
Describe the immediate causes and effects of both of Britain’s Quota Acts (1927 and 1938). In each case, how did these effects contribute to or hinder the consolidation of the British studio s
Compare and contrast popular cinema in Japan during the early and middle 1930s to Japanese cinema during the years of World War II.
Contrast the personal styles of Yasujiro Ozu and Kenji Mizoguchi as they developed during the 1930s. Identify the formal traits common to their films, and explain how these traits complemented their
Write a 3-5 page (minimum, double-spaced) paper, comparing and contrasting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s setting (another term might be “version” — how he put that particular tex
Analyze the influence of the Nazis’ takeover of the German film industry. How did the process of nationalization proceed, and what kinds of films resulted from its implementation?
What measures did the Italian Fascists take to prop up the film industry? How did producers respond to Luigi Freddi’s call for a “cinema of distraction”?
Two major aesthetic trends within French commercial cinema of the 1930s were Realism (or “everyday Realism”) and Poetic Realism.
What were the aspects of style characteristic of Renoir’s filmmaking in the 1930s, and how were these traits employed to complement the aims of both Poetic Realism and Popular Front activism?
To what degree were Hollywood business practices unaffected? Explain the causes of the original Justice Department investigation of the studio system, and examine the results of the Supreme Court de
How did changes in postwar American lifestyles affect the domestic film market? Amidst a climate of more selective moviegoers, what type of film was judged to be capable of attracting audiences? How
Identify the major segments of the U.S. film-going audience targeted by producers in the 1950s. What kinds of films were produced for each of these segments?
Show your understanding of how this Gauge Verification helps you understand the randomness and errors. Collect your own data to support your argument and assess cultural, international and/or global
Analyze the increasing importance of independent film production in the U.S. during the 1950s. Describe the strategies employed by either mainstream independents or exploitation producers.
What factors lay behind the “upscaling” of Hollywood film genres during the 1950s? Identify the significant genres of the postwar period, and explain how each was affected by enhanced pr
How did European film industries in the post-World War II period attempt to assert their independence and resist U.S. domination? Identify the measures taken by European countries, and evaluate thei
What were the three main stylistic and formal features of postwar European modernist film? Describe how each of these features was employed—in the film screened in class or in the movies cited
Chart the evolution of Italian Neorealist cinema from the immediate postwar period (the “Italian Spring”) through the period of economic recovery in the early 1950s.