film production context

Film Production Context


the differences of production between the two films. their differences reflect the time period in which they were made. The films produced between the later 1960s and later 1980s can all be seen in terms of 'New Hollywood'.


Vertigo:
-between 1930 and 1948, the 8 major studios controlled 95% of films exhibited in US
-The studio system was financially successful because each studio cultivated its own particular ‘identity’, developing standardised specialisms in genre, stars and so on. 
-1958-cold war- communist fear
-made at the end of the studio film system
-wanted A-list actors  and big big hollywood studio gave money
-Hitchcock- world famous director
-safe story line- audience would be please
- actors ad no freedom to improvise-structured and controlled

One Flew over:
-After World War II, cinema attendance declined, the 1950s seeing the rise of home entertainment 
- was originally a play
- low budget
- director wanted it to be as real as possible
- wanted Nurse Ratchet to believe that she was helping patience- less obviously evil
- wanted unknown faces/ actors
- filmed in a real mental hospital
- director wanted little acting- actors took their own interpretations of characters
- lots was improvised
- lots of creative freedom for actors
- director wanted distinct and unique faces