SOC309H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jeff Jarvis, Webcam, Identity Politics
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60 mc and answer 4 of 6 short answers. Same split as last time 65/35 readings and lecture: answers roughly a page, may ask to give an example, relate to theory and explain. Paramount rulings (1948): studios were forced to divest themselves of cinema and music- recoding holdings: effect on content: fewer b films, higher investment in a small number of a film; disappearance of musicals, tv reduced cinema attendance. Small independent cinemas could not afford major studios" show fees- they showed european films instead. Production code what can be produced and cannot european film was not subject to the production code. Anything against natural law - cannot be shown. Since 1960s, director-centered production: studios rent space to independent directors: european and independent films came to be regarded as art; hollywood firms as entertainment. Art house the cinema that shows independent european films, difficult to find.
