Casablanca - Curtiz - 1942 Flashcards
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Who is the director of Casablanca?
Micheal Curtiz
Who is the producer of Casablanca?
Hal B Wallis
When was Casablanca produced?
1942
What major event of WW2 happened in 1942?
Pearl Harbour, America were brought into the war.
What genre is Casablanca?
Romantic Drama
How many awards has s Casablanca won?
3 academy awards including best picture.
What studio produced Casablanca?
Warner Brothers
What did Warner Brothers market Casablanca as?
A genre film.
What is a Star Vehicle and who is it in Casablanca?
An actor who the film has been made to support their persona.
Humphrey Bogart - the role has been written for him.
What is vertical integration?
A company controls the different stages of product’s process or construction.
The big 5 were vertically integrated.
Had control over the production, distribution and exhibition.
Who are the Big 5?
MGM
Warner
Paramount
RKO
Fox
Who are the little 3?
Universal
Columbia
United Artists
The big 5 and little 3 controlled the distribution of __% of films shown in the USA.
95%
Each studio had their own ____ style.
House
What did the studio have over everyone who worked for them?
A contract.
E.g. over producers, technicians, stars
What was the problem of the studio having a contract over the director?
The director could not have a creative input into the film, questioning if it was possible for them to be an auteur.
What was the issue with actors being under a contract by the studio?
They has no input into the films they did and roles they played.
When was the golden age of cinema?
1940’s - cinema attendance was at its highest.
What are the two factors that meant studios went into decline after WW2?
Growing of television at home.
No longer allowed to ‘Block book’
What did the US Supreme Court say about ‘Block booking’?
Studios could no longer block book- before they only showed films they created in the cinemas they owned, they could no longer do this.
When did independent studios rise?
1950’s-1970’s
What did the decline in expensive films mean for independent studios?
They were allowed to break through.
New ideas (French new wave).
New directors.
New star vehicles.
____ had key authorial role in new Hollywood films.
Directors
What was the intention of film form in Classic Hollywood films?
To guide an audience through a story and provide attractive images, this was dependent on how the director positions/ manipulates the audience.
