JMC 20001 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Jurassic World, James Wan, Classical Hollywood Cinema

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Journalism and Mass Communication
• Course: JMC 20001
• Professor: Eugene Shelton

Document Summary

1915: dw griffith"s the birth of a nation is released: it"s good but so racist. 1927: the jazz singer is the first film with synchronized sounds. 1947: the house un-american activities committee seeks out hollywood communists. Movie-making became an assembly-line process, and all employees worked under exclusive contracts. Most famous case of the studio system: the wizard of oz, everyone wanted shirley. Temple to play dorothy, but she worked for another studio so mcm got judy garland. Narrative: the story, what happens to whom, the discourse. Genre: drama, sci-fi, comedy, musical, film noire, period epic, documentary. Star power: a-listers, paycheck based on the ability to open a movie . Thursdays-mondays are the best days for movies, most open on fridays but some major franchises can open on weekdays or holidays, the goal is to make ,000,000. Special effects that began with rear-screen projection where things moved behind the screen to give the illusion that things were moving.