Independent Cinema

Introduction to American Independent Film PP

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Watch the video above and answer the following questions. You may conduct your own research to supplement the information in the video: 

Post the answers on your blog.

1. According to the Crash Course video,Why do cinema audiences end up with "only reboots and dystopian fantasies"?
2. According to the Crash Course video, what is Classical Hollywood Cinema?
3. What is high key lighting and who uses it?
4. What happened in the European Film Industry after WW2?
5. Who was Roberto Rosellini and what did he do?
6. Which film movement was he associated with?
7. What happened in the late 1950s in France?
8. What did critics of the Studio System accuse them of?
9. Who was Jean-Luc Godard?
10. Did Jean-luc Godard admire any Hollywood directors? Elaborate.
11. What is the French New Wave?  Describe and name 3 directors and films.
12. What happened in the US in 1948 and what effect did it have on their film industry?
13. What happened in the US in the 1970s? Describe.
14. What do studio executives like?
15. Why was Bonnie and Clyde a watershed moment in US film history?
16. Which other films were made in this period?
17. What is New Hollywood Cinema? When was it? Name 3 directors and films.
18. What were Summer Blockbusters? When did they arise? Give 2 examples of directors and films.
19. What happened to Hollywood Studios at this time?
20. What happened to US Cinema in the 1990s? Describe with examples.