COMM 004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Independent Film, News Corporation, American Movie

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Communication (COMM)
• Course: COMM 004
• Professor: Weise

Document Summary

Film was no longer the biggest draw to mass media. Tried spectacle films: cleopatra, most expensive movie ever made at the time, monumental flop, 20th century fox had to sell of vast majority of back lot to pay off this movie. Attempted to bring more sexual content into movies. Sound of music huge success out of the many spectacle failure films. So many of these films led to brink of bankruptcy. Non hollywood business interests coming in and buying the studio: companies that were interested in the bottom line making money, coca cola bought columbia, 20th century fox bought by newscorp. Independently produced films made outside of hollywood film system. Conventions of language (rebellious attitude of character with drugs) One of the first appearances of jack nichols: cost only ,000 but grossed over million at box office, hollywood said maybe we should start making these types of films .