GR U6 B by Simon Trahar

Era/Age:

1920’s-1940’s

1940’s-1960’s

1960’s-2000

Post 2000

1890 to 1910 - The Pioneer Era

Filmmakers started testing this new storytelling medium by creating film reels that were focused on recording of news, documentaries and stage plays. First purposeful film narration started appearing in early 1900s with the release of George Melies "A Trip to the Moon" in 1905.

1911 to 1926 - The Silent Era

Film started being longer, slightly edited, they used minimal sound effects and musical tracks (no dialogue yet), and emphasis on professional-made narrative drama, romances and comedies. One of the largest stars from this period of film industry was phenomenal Charlie Chaplin.

1927 to 1940 - Talkies and the rise of the Hollywood studios

With the release of Warner Bros bold experimentation with “The Jazz Singer”, first feature-length sound movie created and promoted in the US. This great change enabled theaters to grow, new movie genres to be made (horror and monster movies).

1941 to 1954 - Golden Era of film and restructuring of Hollywood

The Great Depression of 1930s enabled arrival of new audiences and new filmmakers, Word War 2 brought new kinds of movies. With better production values and available film technology, audiences started enjoying comedies, slapstick films, gangster films, with even few science fiction offerings. Stars like Abbott and Costello, Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire and others, Hollywood truly became worldwide phenomenon and trend-setter.

1955 to 1976 - Changes

Spreading of television and its organized production capabilities enabled audiences to have more choice, forcing cinemas to fight against TV with film productions that clearly outclassed anything could be seen on the home screen. Movies in cinemas become more mature, avant-garde, foreign films started to appear in US cinemas, and distribution rights were flowing.

1977 to late 1990’s - Dawn of modern film industry and appearance of Blockbusters

Rapid advances in film production techniques and early age of computer generated special effects revolutionized Hollywood, which can best be seen with the 1977 release of Star Wars. This first true Blockbuster showed Hollywood how to create true worldwide media events that could earn tremendous amounts of money.

Movements:

French Impressionism (1918-1930)

German Expressionism (1919-1926)

Soviet Montage (1924-1935)

Documentary Film Movement (1929-1950)

Poetic Realism (1930-1939)

Italian Neorealism (1942-1951)

Free Cinema (1956-1959)

Direct Cinema (1958-1962)

British New Wave (1958-1963)

French New Wave (1959-1964)

Cinema Novo (1960-1972)

The Movie Brats (1960’s-1980’s)

Genre:

Horror

Action

Romance

Drama

Comedy

Science fiction

Thriller

Western

Musical

Fiction

Crime

War

Noir

Documentaries

Theme:

Political

Entertainment

Educational

Retro/Vintage

Style:

Simplistic

Thoughtful

Detailed

All in the same house style ?

Artistic

Initial Ideas for Movies:

It’s a wonderful life (1946)

Singin’ in the rain (1952)

Calamity Jane (1953)

The Great Escape (1663)

Casino Royale (1967)

The Man with The Golden Gun (1974)

Grease (1978)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

Labrynth (1986)

William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet (1996)

Hercules (1997)

Final Project Ideas:

T-shirts/hoodies

Merchandise

A lot of posters

Billboard Posters

Animated Posters

DVD Covers

CD Disk Art

User Interface For DVD

Artist Ideas:

Aracely Munoz

Kako

Michael Kutsche

Mark Summers

Vexx Art

Malika Favre

Matt Taylor

Aurelio Lorenzo

Doaly

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