The context of production

Historical

• Watched birth of Hollywood documentary from which we learned of the first pioneers of the film industry such as D.W Griffith, Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford and the foundation of the United Artists.

• I put together a leaflet on the birth of Hollywood and a short silent film in black and white and shows the technology they would have dealt with at the time.

Cultural

• Investigated ideology culture, and cultural relevance to a few specific films.

• I chose to do secondary research on the USA and the history of horror. I highlighted how the content of the horror film reflect what the nation was fearing at the time i.e .zombies = disease/war, Fred Kruger = serial killers/sex offenders.

Remakes

• I researched the details of three remakes including ‘’Judge Dredd’’, ‘’I am legend’’ and ‘’dawn of the dead’’. All had there pros and cons for example ‘’I am legend’’ was better known than the original however ‘’Judge Dredd’’ didn't even break even at the box office.

• We also looked at back to the future I also put together a script of a remade back to the future in a post apocalyptic 2045, and made a moodboard for the 1980s showing what was on peoples minds at the time.

Findings and conclusion

• I have learned from studying this history of film and information regarding specific points particularly in horror. That the west projects its fears through films as we saw with the zombie genre which represents fear of disease and a post apocalyptic fear that society could break down. In my opinion to conclude I think that the context of production reflects what is happening in the society at hand.