JOUR 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Hollywood Blacklist, Major Film Studio, Shared Experience

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: Journalism
• Course: JOUR 101
• Professor: Benson

Document Summary

Lumiere brothers created the camera (previously, movies were seen in a box through a scope, one person at a time) Short films of everyday activates that lasted a minute. First movie was train arriving to train station. Afraid that train were going to pop out and hit them. Nicklodeons (small theaters that consisted of a screen a chairs in gas stations) were introduced. First american feature length: the birth of a nation , 3 hours (1915) Thought to revive kkk and recruit kkk members. Hollywood reign supreme dictated film industry and it"s style. A great director + great storyline+ great actors= great "hollywood style" film. Film industry had cash drawing contests so attendance will increase. They decreased price of tickets to 0. 27 from . Brought people of different communities together to create a shared experience. Many plots were soldier comes back from war and has a girl waiting for them back home.