英美概况第十二讲movies and music

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After the WWI The produce of the silent film
The Kid
The Gold Rush
Chaplin
What are the current five “majors” filmmaking industries? Fox/ MGM/ PKO/ Warner Brothers/ Columbia / Universal
In the 1950s many filmmakers were encouraged to experiment with wide-screen processes, such as CinemaScope(宽银幕) and stereophonic （有 立体效果的）sound systems New genre films emerged : horror, science fiction, and rock’n’roll Try to avoid romanticism and sentimentality Have a much more description on a harsher reality and a more explicit sexuality. Appear a lot film stars: Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman,etc.
nickelodeons
The first generation of star actors included Charlie Chaplin, William S. Hart, Greta Garbo, Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, and Will Rogers. Directors of the day were D.W. Griffith, Maurice Tourneur, J. Stuart Blackton and Mack Wennett.
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the development of movies
Where did the film first originate? The Lumiere brothers in Paris first projected motion pictures in 1895
Thomas Edison’s Vitascope in 1896
The Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame(好 莱坞星光大道 ) serves as a permanent public monument to achievement in the entertainment industry.
American famous movie company
Twentieth Century-Fox Warner Bros. Columbia Pictures Inc. Universal Pictures Corporation Paramount Pictures Corporation United Artists
Edison discovered the kinetoscope
- in 1893
Directed by: Edwin S. Porter The most influential early film artist 火车大劫案
美国消防员 的一生
The develop of the movie a method of entertainment (vaudeville shows, arcades) the commercial value ( melodramas and comedies) American movies academic research American professional filmmaking and theoretical education exhibitors→ film exchanges→ American studios →famous film-making company
《教父》 (THE GODFATHER)(1972) 《欲望号街车》 (A STREETCAR NAMED D ESIRE)(1951) 《柴巴达万岁》 (VIVA ZAPATA!)(1952) 《恺撒大帝》 (JULIUS CAESAR)(1953)
Adventure (冒险) /Action（动作）
In 1870s, an agricultural community In 1911, the Nester Company opened Hollywood's first studio.
By 1911, Los Angeles was second only to New York in motion picture production, and by 1915, the majority of American films were being produced in the Los Angeles area. By 1920, Hollywood had become worldfamous as the center of the united states film industry. Banks, restaurants, clubs and commercial buildings began to spring up.
From nickelodeons to studios(制片厂) Hollywood became the American movie capital after 1913
The Luxury cinema take over the place of Nickel theaters
In the 1950s many film-makers were encouraged to experiment with wide – screen processes, such as Cinema Scope and stereophonic sound systems.
Marilyn Monroe 垮掉 一代 James Dean
The movie began to become the art -20th century
First: Dance playground Then: Little Theater Last: All U.S. town
, Hollywood has become the center of the American movies (美国电影工业的代名词)
The Walk attracts about 10 million visitors and has played an important role in making tourism the largest industry in Los Angeles County.
By the late 1930s Hollywood entered into an artistic golden age Shirley Temple
好莱坞有八大电影公司： 环球影片公司(Universal Picture Co.) 派拉蒙影业公司 (Paramount Pictures, Inc.) 20世纪福斯电影公司 (20th Century-Fox Film Corp.) 哥伦比亚影业公司 (Columbia Pictures Corp.) 华纳兄弟影业公司 (Warner Bros.) 米高梅公司 (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) 联美公司(United Artists Corp.) 雷电华影业股份有限公司 (RKO) 其中资格最老的依次是米高梅、20世纪福斯、 华纳兄弟、派拉蒙和PKO。
The leading directors are Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and James Cameron 侏罗纪公园
Steven Spielberg
Inspirational film (励志)
Steven Spielberg
星球大战
大白鲨 Draw the audience back into movie theaters
Oscar: The Temple of Movies The Oscar Awards ( 奥斯卡金像奖), the golden statuettes awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (美国电影艺术学院) for achievement in movies, are the most influential movie awards with the longest history and largest scale in the world.
Birth of a Nation established the feature film as a popular art form for all classes.
Chaplin
Hart
Greta Garbo
Rudolph Valentino
Gloria Swanson
Will Rogers
Horror/ Thriller (恐怖)
Science fiction (科幻) /Disaster（灾难）
The principal stars of the 1960s to 1970s are Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, Dustin Hoffman, Woody Allen
The United States of America
Movies and Music
Contents
Ⅱ Movies and Music
I the development of US movies
II the basic features of US movies
III something about Hollywood
外星人
George Lucas
for decades remained the highest-grossing film
Oscar 奥斯卡金像奖（ Academy Award）由电影 艺术与科学学院 （ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences） 颁发。 1928年设立，每年一次 在美国的好莱坞举行。 半个多世纪来一直享有 盛誉。
What is “Popular culture” (pop culture)? Popular culture is everything from “common culture”, to “folk culture” to “mass culture”, especially it is the culture originating in US. It is now widely acknowledged that popular culture can and must be analyzed as an important part of US material, economic and political culture. It can be expressed itself through nearly every medium, including movies , music, and many others.