RTF 306 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Carl Laemmle, D. W. Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks
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Took some times before hollywood films dominated the world. Hollywood producers + directors created techniques of telling stories that would be attractive to everyone. Hollywood as a center of production, distribution, and exhibition. 1919: films were being created in + around la (known as hollywood) Productions were sent around the world, no other film industry has been so far reaching. Hollywood began to purchase theaters that booked its films. Hollywood started with the failure of the mppc. 1919: was dominated by adolph zukor"s paramount pictures. After wwi, companies began to differentiate with emphasizing popular stories + movie stars. Feature length movies were broadcasted worldwide, silent era made translating the inter-titles super easy. Hollywood could take control of exhibition w/o buying movie theaters, creation of movie palaces. Hollywood system: specific ways to manufacture + rent popular feature-length films. Use of serials: a story or play appearing in regular installments on television or radio or in a periodical.
