FILM 2401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: D. W. Griffith, Shooting Script, Vitagraph Studios
16 Oct 2013
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Labour new york was union tow, los angles not early movie moguls keep unions out of industry: wages cheaper in la cas to ny 1908 most movies companiesmove west. Dw griffith: most influential director devleoped eddiing approach film makes followed him between 08 -13 amade 500 hundred films and towared expresive enteritain art form important silent gilms made featre fils. 1919 acrots pickord chapplin and griffith and fairbanks created united artists product and dist compnay of own. -stars way to diffrentiate between others. More of a marketing stratefy - promotionm, publicity and media. Mppda intresting figure early cinemea- recognized as little tramp -consisten priviglegin or working class people univeral symbol could idneitry town to twon job to job work in capitliest society. 3. exhbition- larger atractive thatres lmovie palace thousands of patron: motion picture producers and distributors founded in 1922, headed by will hays, dealt with public relations censorship and labor relation. Central them is that anxitey of country to city life.
