Prophetic pictures

In the Paramount decision of 1948 this was the outcome of the United States vs. Paramount Pictures. This was a monumental case in the right of production companies to own theatres and holding exclusive rights on which theatres could show there movies.it would also change the way Hollywood movies were made, distributed, and exhibited in theatres and other places. The court held that this distributing technique was in violation of the antitrust law that was put in place years before. This case is used

Hollywood’s Golden Age started when major studios had survived the financial crisis of the 1920s, and decided not to be put in that kind of situation by introducing the contract system to all of their employees. This strategy assured that the studios where less likely to be exposed to high risks, and where sometimes more in favor of the studios. With total power over productions the studios where able to keep production costs at a manageable levels, as well as exclusive rights to certain stars of

Causal Analysis Metro-Goldwyn Mayer was formed on April 17th, 1924, when movie theatre mogul Marcus Loew purchased Louis B. Mayer Pictures. Loew had previously acquired Metro Pictures Corporation and Goldwyn Pictures (both founded in the mid-1910s), and MGM was born with the acquisition of Mayer’s firm, a decision that ultimately led to a successful and profitable company thanks to Mayer’s keen eye for solid production and Irving Thalberg’s frugal, almost mechanized business practices. Even after

happens, Hitchcock uses a long shot to give a review of a scene. After Mr. Vandamm's partners hijack Roger Thornhill, there are various long shots giving a landscape of the area Roger is being taken to, Townsend Mansion. At the point when the motion picture advances and areas change, Hitchcock uses long shots at the United Nation's complex, the Chicago bus stop, and Mount Rushmore. These long shots permit the viewers to comprehend what is going on and where the next scene is happening. In a film where

There are many reasons as to why Citizen Kane has been lauded as one of the best, if not the best, film of all time. Orson Welles's Citizen Kane has had a lasting impact on cinema and continues to influence directors to this day. Visually striking, Citizen Kane helped to usher in a new era of cinema through its innovative techniques and use of mise-en-scene. From the film's onset, it is evident that it is going to be a tale of woe. The film begins very ominously, much like a horror film, and immediately

poorly and quickly made films, forced producers to take more care and create better features. In consequence of both of these factors--reduced budgets and reduced quantity--the standard of quality of films rose. No one could afford to make terrible pictures and expect a profit; therefore, the cost of filmmaking dropped and the quality rose, at least relative to the majority of the forgettable features of the studio system. These factors also allowed smaller studios and independent producers to make

With the coming of sound came the birth of Hollywood. As Hollywood progressed, stars were made and so were millions. But these millions of dollars were being given to the top 8 companies in the industry, The Big Five: Warner Bros., MGM/Loew’s, Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and RKO, and The Little Three: United Artists, Columbia, and Universal. These companies controlled how their films were made, where they were shown, which films played first and for how long, a clear example of vertical integration

The Big 5 were Lowe’s Incorporated, Fox, Paramount Pictures, RKO and Warner Brothers and they owned the major studios as well as the movie houses that showed the films. This ruling is called the Paramount decision because within this decision, Paramount agreed to a government-instituted consent decree that

The Paramount decision of 1948 and the Hollywood blacklist altered the direction of the filmmaking business in America, one that I believe has had a lasting impression for decades. The Paramount decision of 1948 refers to a court decision against the major film companies, Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century-Fox, Loew’s-MGM, Columbia, Universal and United Artists to outlaw their price fixing and monopolization of the industry. The Hollywood blacklist referred to a list of studio employees from 1947

“The Big Five” within the eight companies that made up the studio system, these were; Fox Films Corporated, Lowe’s Incorporated, Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, and Warner Bros. The term “studio system” is still used today as a reference to the systems and output of the major studios, historically the term refers to the practice of large motion picture studios between the 1920s and 1960s because