SLTH

Question 1

When did the hays code come into play?

Answer 1

Effective from 1934 to 1967

Question 2

Who led the hays code?

Answer 2

Led by the catholic league of decency

Question 3

What did the Hays office do?

Answer 3

It accepted wether or not your film was socially acceptable or not

Question 4

The Hollywood key area was from? To?

Answer 4

1930-1990

Question 5

What section is SLIH in?

Answer 5

A

Question 6

Hollywood consists of…

Answer 6

Money
Glamour
Opportunities
Life changing experiences
Genre films
Big sets
Movie stars and the sign

Question 7

Who said that “dreams are the foundation of America”

Answer 7

Lupita Nyang’ o

Question 8

What did marlin Monroe say about Hollywood?

Answer 8

“Hollywood is a place where they’ll pay a thousand dollars for a kiss but fifty cent for your soul”

Question 9

What did they struggle on doing when sound came?

Answer 9

They struggles to reach other audiences which spoke different languages so they decided to create dubbing.

Question 10

What were different from the big 5 movie studios and the little 3?

Answer 10

The big 5 were vertically integrated. (Owned everything to do with the company)

Question 11

Each studio had their own personality. Who controlled that and give an example of a studio having a personality.

Answer 11

The studio bosses (brand mogul) controlled their brands personality and MGM for example made many musicals.

Question 12

What were some struggles in Hollywood at the time?

Answer 12

• competition with TV and Radio
• international cinemas started to avoid American films.

Question 13

What is does a fordist mean?

Answer 13

A Industrial model of film making which helped to minimise risk and maximise profit.

Question 14

How was stories standardised?

Answer 14

The beginning middle and end.

Question 15

Who had the ultimate power for film productions

Answer 15

The film moguls.

Question 16

What was a negative for actors at the time.

Answer 16

The 7 year long contracts they would have to obeyz

Question 17

Who made the 7 year long contracts not exist anymore?

Answer 17

Olivia de havilland (took to court and failed but did it again and won).

Question 18

What is block booking?

Answer 18

Block booking was so people could show a popular film and 2 other films which may have been less popularised for the price of one ticket.

Question 19

Which brands were apart of the big 5?

Answer 19

RKO
Warner brothers
Paramount
Fox
MGM

Question 20

Which brands were the little 3?

Answer 20

Colombia
Universal
United artists

Question 21

Moral panic consisted of?

Answer 21

Sex
Swearing
Criminality

Question 22

What underpinned the making of the hays code?

Answer 22

There was a religious under pining

Question 23

What is bootlegging?

Answer 23

A lot of ppl got alcohol illegally
Which Gangsters ran

Question 24

If there was anything which went against the hays code is would have to be…

Answer 24

Heavily coded or removed.

Question 25

In the trailer which were the key aspects of it?

Answer 25

Kissing Hot surrounds Marilyn Marilyn’s name was repeated Sex Nudity and Gangsters

Question 26

What was Tony Curtis known for?

Answer 26

Romance films

Question 27

Jack Lemmon was known for…

Answer 27

Comedy films

Question 28

Although the film is set in Chicago and Miami is was almost entirely filmed in…

Answer 28

San Diego, California

Question 29

At the time it was one of the most successful comedy films of all time bringing … to the box office.

Answer 29

40 million.

Question 30

There is a lot of breaking the fourth wall in DTRT. How does the audience respond to this.

Answer 30

It can give the audience a point of view like they are one of the characters or even their own character.

Question 31

How does breaking the fourth wall interrupt films narratives?

Answer 31

It gives the director a chance to connect with the audience and give extra information and a perspective.

Question 32

DTRT was spike lees ______ film after his debut with she’s gotta have it.

Answer 32

Third

Question 33

How much in the box office did she’s gotta have it take? And what did the film originally cost?

Answer 33

$8 million (and originally cost $175,009)

Question 34

What did school daze gain from the box office and how much did the film cost to make

Answer 34

box office - $14 million And cost. - $ 6.5 million

Question 35

Why was spike lees production company called **40 acres and a mule**

Answer 35

This is because it is what the black slaves were promised once they got saved. They ended up never getting these promises.

Question 36

Lee saw it as important that his next film should exceed the production budget of the previous film and he says:

Answer 36

‘…this is crucial; no recent black filmmaker has been able to go from film to film as the white boys do’