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Productions, Studios & Hayes Office
Filming Production
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Filmmaking is a collaborative
effort, bringing an assortment
of talented people together.
A film takes about a year to
complete, from pre-production
to final print.
Filming Production
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Script development phase can
take years
Budget can range from $1
million to $100 million
Three Stages of Production
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Pre-Production
Production
Post Production
Pre-Production
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Everything that takes place before
filming begins
Script, budget, locations,
construction, hiring actors, etc.
Production
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Shooting of the script, the
filming process.
Post Production
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Editing and Marketing of a film
Includes; advertising, printing,
and distribution of a movie.
Theatre in America
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Vaudeville
Burlesque
Follies
Vaudeville 1880-1920
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Style of multi-act
theatre which
flourished in
America.
Schedule of
performances
("bill") could run
the gamut from
acrobats to
mathematicians,
from song-anddance duos to
trick high divers.
Burlesque 1840-1930
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Populist blend
of satire,
performance
art and adult
entertainment,
featured strip
tease and
broad comedy
acts that
derived low
comedy.
Burlesque 1840-1930
Rules for Burlesque:
 Minimal
costuming,
focusing on the
female form.
 Sexually
suggestive
dialogue, dance,
and staging.
 Quick-witted
humor laced with
puns. Short
routines or
sketches.
Follies 1907-1931
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Ziegfeld Follies,
elaborate
theatrical
productions.
Lavish revues, a
higher class of
Vaudeville.
Beautiful chorus
girls commonly
known as
Ziegfeld girls
Girls were
usually decked in
elaborate
costumes
Hollywood Systems
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Studio System
Independent
System
Studio System 1920-1950
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A means of film
production and
distribution
dominant in
Hollywood.
Term studio
system refers to
the practice of
large motion
picture studios
performing the
following two
things.
Studio System 1920-1950
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1. producing
movies on their
own lots with
creative
personnel
under often
long-term
contracts and
Studio System 1920-1950
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2. pursuing
vertical
integration
through
ownership or
effective control
of distributors and
movie theaters,
guaranteeing
additional sales of
films through
manipulative
booking
techniques.
Independent System
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1950 to today’s
movie making
business
Anyone can
“pitch” their film
Producing your
own film with
financial backing
from yourself or
others
Censorship in Hollywood
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Production Code
Administration
Hays Office (Named after Will
H. Hays, MPAA Pres. 19221945 of the MPAA)
Motion Picture Association of
America
Production Code Admin
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The Production Code (known as
the Hays Code/Office) guidelines
governing the production of
American film.
Adopted in 1930 by the Motion
Picture Association of America
(MPAA)
Production Code Admin
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Began
enforcement
1934-1967
Replaced MPAA
film rating
system.
Production
Code spelled
out what was
and was not
considered
morally
acceptable.
Basic Filming Shots
Three basic types:
Close-up, Medium Shot, and
Long Shot (pictured)
Basic Filming Shots
Long Shot
Basic Filming Shots
Close-up
Basic Filming Shots
Medium Shot
Technicolor Filming Process
Technicolor Filming Process
Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color
film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion
Picture Corporation.
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Technicolor was the second major color film
process, after Britain's Kinemacolor.
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Most widely used color motion picture process in
Hollywood from 1922 to 1952.
Technicolor Filming Process
Technicolor became known and celebrated
for its hyper-realistic, saturated levels
of color.
 Used commonly for filming musicals
(The Wizard of Oz & Singin' in the Rain)
 Costume pictures (The Adventures of
Robin Hood & Joan of Arc)
 Animated films
(Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs &
Fantasia).
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