Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe – Alfred Hitchcock and British Silent Cinema

http://youtu.be/UtSAivIJrZs

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe – Alfred Hitchcock and British Silent Cinema

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe – Alfred Hitchcock and British Silent Cinema

http://youtu.be/UtSAivIJrZs

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe – Alfred Hitchcock and British Silent Cinema

http://youtu.be/-TyP5Xo5W40

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe – Alfred Hitchcock and British Silent Cinema

http://youtu.be/-TyP5Xo5W40

The Historical Dimension1927 – The movies begin to speak, and sing.

http://youtu.be/OTFCctdiS04

The Historical Dimension1927 – The movies begin to speak, and sing.

http://youtu.be/YMzV96LV6Cchttp://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/02/musicians-wage-war-against-evil-robots/

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Technical Developments

• The soundproof “ice box” temporarily limits camera movement.

http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Technical Developments

• A successful color photography system (Technicolor) is introduced but it not widely used.

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• The Big Five studios (majors) included Fox, MGM, Paramount, RKO, and Warners; and the Little Three included Columbia, United Artists, and Universal.

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• Dominance is fully established for studio production methods, which included vertical integration, block booking, and the contract system (which reduced stars’ salaries).

https://picasaweb.google.com/114656905726841638976/MGM?feat=flashalbum#5700597435138265986

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• The Film Program – Cartoons, Travelogues, Newsreels, Novelty Shorts, Comedy Shorts, Musical Shorts, Coming Attractions, Features, Double-Features

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• Cinema (single) screens are in every neighborhood.

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• Popular Genres – Musicals, Horror Films, Gangster Films, Screwball Comedies, Westerns

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• Popular Genres – Disney Innovates the Animated Feature

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• American film dominates (up to 80% of the world market), except perhaps in Japan.

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• Under pressure, especially from religious groups, the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association begins to administer a tough Production Code through an office headed by Joseph T. Breen.

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• Production Code

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• 1939

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAE60830901D8BA3E&feature=view_all

The Historical Dimension1930-1939 Business Developments

• 1939

http://dadsmovies.blogspot.com/2012/01/1939-montage-part-one-over-there.html

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe - World War II

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe - Post War Italian Films (Neorealism)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_6NSdqWgshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9805LvrMiw8 2:00

1945

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe - Post War Italian Films (Neorealism)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njLcOqW7xV0

1948

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe - Post War British Films (Kitchen Sink Realism)

“Room at the Top”http://youtu.be/C_vtOqEFFQM “Look Back in Anger”http://youtu.be/wKk5gzEhphY “Saturday Night and Sunday Morning”http://youtu.be/OHsOSySZOyo “Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner”http://youtu.be/4asUxvijYQ8

1959

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe - Post War French Films (The New Wave)

JBFC Series trailer: The French New Wavehttp://youtu.be/Ts3j__gNppwFrench New Wavehttp://youtu.be/qbFsY9cI068

The Influence of the French New Wavehttp://youtu.be/f9X4p74jHoo“Breathless”http://youtu.be/bJFFy3soy9Y

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe - Post War French Films (Before the New Wave)

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe – “Diabolique” (1955) Henri-Georges Clouzot

Vertigo - PreambleAmerican Cinema of the 1950’sRealism, Melodrama and Genre

Vertigo - PreambleCinema Europe – Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac

Vertigo - PreambleAmerican Cinema of the 1950’sCompetition with Television

Wide ScreenStereophonic Sound3-D

Vertigo - PreambleAmerican Cinema of the 1950’sMelodrama – A dramatic work that exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to emotions.

“In a well-written drama, the story comes out of the characters. The characters in a well-written melodrama come out of the story.” Sidney Lumet (2007)

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“Vertigo”Study Guide

EMC/JOUR 3000Edward Bowen

“Vertigo” (1958)

Paramount Pictures

Produced and Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay by Alec Coppel and Samuel A. TaylorFrom a story by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejax

Cinematography by Robert Burks

Edited by George Tomasini

Music by Bernard Herrmann

Title Sequence and Poster Design by Saul Bass

Location – Partially filmed in San Francisco, California

Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes

The Technical Dimension

The Dramatic Dimension

The Socio-Historic Dimension

The Genre Dimension

The Auteur Dimension

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