CS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Black Radio, Media Consumption, Block Booking
Document Summary
Early 1900"s - not just technology but also : Infrastructure for: production, longer films (10-15 minutes long, exhibition/ market, mass simultaneous audience, group viewing, distribution, a mass simultaneous audience, available in multiple theaters all at the same time. Early 1900"s - usa nickelodeons: cost 5 cents, which was affordable in this time period, an established social norm that we have today (silence, don"t be distracting, sit and watch the film in silence) Early 1900"s -france: france dominated film production in this period, france put in a great deal of effort in their productions hand painted sets, hand tinted color was added. 1948 antitrust paramount decision: unfair because paramount had a monopoly. Investigation begins 1938: allowed others to begin distributing film, the development of film as an industry not necessarily what people wanted to see. The entertainment centre: most living / family rooms have an area called an entertainment center, a gaming center, a television, a stereo etc.
