The establishment of Hollywood, the American film industry rose in the east and moved to the west with new york as the center of cheap land, which was out of the control of patent companies. Hollywood is located in Los Angeles, California, which was originally desolate. In order to comfort his wife's homesickness, a British real estate agent named the 140 mu of land he bought "Hollywood".
19 1 1 year, after the establishment of the first Hollywood film company, various film companies were established one after another and grew rapidly. In the 1920s and 1940s, Hollywood became the center of world film production, controlling 60% to 90% of the world film market. Drama Film Aesthetics Drama Film: Time: 1930 s and 1940 s Background: Sound enters the film; Movies learn from drama. The sound of the film enriches the expressive force of the film. Dialogue can be used to promote plots, tell stories, express characters' hearts and shape characters' images. These are the characteristics of drama.
? On the basis of drama aesthetics, the transition from montage aesthetics to drama aesthetics is not about not wanting montage, but from attaching importance to montage to drama; From attaching importance to the metaphor and symbol of the film to attaching importance to the plot of the film.
The winner of an Oscar-winning film. 1939 Selznick, the producer of Gone with the Wind, decided that seventeen or eighteen people would write all the films. Three directors attended; Looking for the actors of Scarlett in the United States, 1400 was selected, and 90 people auditioned for several core systems of film production. Hollywood is more of this, and may reach a balance and compromise with the latter two. The director of the director center becomes the real decider of a film. In fact, many times, directors compromise to the system (listen to the state), to the capital (listen to the boss), and to the market (cater to the audience). As far as the film production process is concerned, it is difficult for a star to become the real leading center of a film, and a star can become the center of a commercial selling point of a film.
? The characteristics of new Hollywood films are: pursuing truth in art, being greatly influenced by European films, breaking through the shackles of drama film aesthetics: truth; Open plot structure; Complex characters; Real-life shooting meets the needs of society and the times. Art commercial films; Entertainment of art films.
The characteristics of drama films: the plot structure is clear: the beginning, development, climax and ending; Closed narrative structure; Linear structure is easy to understand (love story; The story of the police and robbers is simple and complete.