IFM Test#2 Flashcards
In 1948 what established itself as a rival force to film showings?
Television
The prevailing mood of movies that won Best Picture from 1945 to 1950 was much darker, and tackled serious issues
The lost weekend
The best years of our lives
Gentlemen’s agreement
FILM NOIR
a style of film centered on the dark and pessimistic, with images of black and white contrasted with light and dark, creating deep shadows
Musically
The movies had scores that had minimal musical cues, orchestration for small ensembles, prevalent use of low-pitched instruments/lower strings, harsh dissonant harmonies and the use of jazz and angular disjunct melodies.
was awarded 7 Oscars, including Best Picture and best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture-tells the story of three veterans arriving home after the war. The youngest, Homer Parrish, was played by Harold Russell, a real-life paratrooper who lost both hands in a grenade explosion, which won him Best Supporting Actor, and a special Oscar for bring hope and courage to veterans, and remains the only actor to win 2 Oscars for 1 role in Film.
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The musical score was written by _____, who began his career working for Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, and Alfred Newman.
Hugo Friedhofer
Friedhofer uses what to illuminate differentiating themes in the movie, including the title theme—Best Years, Boone City (where the soldiers are returning home simultaneously), and the love theme-the union of Homer and Wilma; the “Memories” theme, “Home” and “Wilma”–
Leitmotifs
who established himself as the foremost British director of the Silent Film era.
ALFRED HITCHCOCK
Hitchcock’s films
Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), and The Birds(1963),
The 1950s saw massive changes in Film what were they?
1) The Film Industry was suffering massive losses due to competition from television;
2)Louis B. Mayer resigned from MGM in 1951
3)several film studios sold lots and movie stars broke away from studio contracts.
what had become household mainstays in the 1950s. in 1950 their was 6 million in America, and by 1960 60 million
Television sets
What was cheaper, and practically saved cinema by brining in younger audiences and revenue through sales of records.
Popular music.
how Jazz changed in the 1950s
as composers sought to use the stylistic music to portray moods of sexual intensity and violence.
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) Director: composer:
Director- Elia Kazan
composer- Alex North
Considered to be Hollywood’s greatest Western
High Noon
High Noons Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Who sang Tiomkin’s ballad “Do not Forsake Me”
Tex Ritter
Leitmotifs in the score represent
Will and Amy, Frank Miller, and Helen
in 1955 this was the first rock tune to hit the top of the Billboard chart, and became the dominant force in music, with performers such as Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Fats Domino and Little Richard
Bill Haley’s “Rock Around The Clock”
“Rock Around the Clock” appeared in what movie
“The Blackboard Jungle (1955)”
a film that dealt with juvenile delinquency in high school-adults associated rock music with rebellious youth and teenagers quickly gravitated to this new, exciting music.
“The Blackboard Jungle” (1955)
who’s music was featured in Love Me Tender (1956) and Jailhouse Rock (1957) provided illustrious exposure for the new genre,
Elvis Presley
what 3 musicals topped the 1950s list
An American in Paris (1951), Singin’ in the Rain (1952) and Gigi (1958).
who’s music and his symphonic poem An American in Paris was featured in American in Paris?
George Gershwin
