FS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Biograph Girl, Florence Lawrence, Star System
Document Summary
Shooting a night scene at night, making it darker like in film noir. Shooting a night scene in the day, making it brighter. Evokes shadiness of characters silhouettes, makes good imagery mirrors, making people seem multi-faced. Films made from 1910s to the 1960s during the classical hollywood era aka the studio system cancelled due to an illegal monopoly by 8 big studios: metro goldwyn mayer, paramount, 20th century fox, radio pictures, warner bros, Ideology and censorship (story/theme/characters) -classical hollywood narrative (story/theme/characters) -classical. The company name sold the movie not who was in it -1st star was florence lawrence, the biograph girl. Molded and publicized by studios (love lives faked, scandals made) Promoted by fan mags, there were 20 mags by the late 1930s, like tabloids at cashiers today (photoplay, 1911-1980) Wasn"t focused on stars career, but making a star that the studios could mold.
