the director in classical hollywood Flashcards
name the 4 ways in which directors within the studio system worked differently than in modern day.
- usually assigned to films rather than choosing them
- expected to focus only on shooting the film
- often made 3+ films a year
- not supposed to develop individual styles, but to use an appropriate style for each film
why were the few recognizable directors admired?
for their mastery of the conventions, not their artistic individuality
famous directors’ names were used as…
marks of quality
Alfred Hitchcock was known as the…
rebel inside the system
Hitchcock loved to…
experiment with the language of film in unconventional ways
define pure cinema.
when ideas are expressed entirely through the language of film, not through actors or dialouge
because Hitchcock often had to compromise with the studios, his films usually follow…
classical conventions, only occasionally interrupting them with inventive moments
hitchcock’s most famous and experimental films date from the…
mid-1950s onwards
Orson Welles was known as…
the exception who proved the rule
RKO experimented with Welles by…
inviting him to make a movie with complete artistic freedom
Welles’ film with RKO was…
Citizen Kane
almost every scene in Citizen Kane is…
pure cinema
Hollywood saw Citizen Kane as a…
complete mistake
after Kane, Welles’ later films were all…
compromised in some way, he could only win creative control in low budget independent films
