The collapse of the golden gae in new hollywood was due to the big film industries producing the same old boring films that followed the same structure.
the younger generation of people were more internested in the films that were being produced by new directors.
The 5 major film companies at the time tried to stop their losses by holding noto the cinemas they owned, this meant that they could screen their own films instead of having to show films that were made by smaller companies or new direcotrs. when this was removed from them and people started to go to drive in cinemas new hollywood fell appart becuse the younger generation were more interested in the new films by new directors. the new directors that were most successful were "Baby-boomers" who knew that there was a big market as the new generations were un-catered for in the cinemas. the big companies at the time were unable to keep up and soon they lost their studios and money.
the competition also drove the number of people down that visited the cinemas as TV was invented and people were now watching TV instead of having to go out now.
the new age of hollywood also collapsed as more and more new films came out the boundries for films were being pushed higher and higher. films such as Star Wars and Jaws put trmendus pressure of film directors to do a better job at making the film, but also showed that there was more money than they thought in the film industry.
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Monday, 10 January 2011
Todorovs theory of equilibrium
I am going to use Todorov's Twheory of equilibrium on two films to show how his theory cannon be applied to all films.
The Descent (Part 1;
Equilibrium;
the films starts at an equilibrium as we see the group are walking through the woods and talking.
Disruption;
The group become trapped in the cave and one of the gorpu is injured.
Realisation of disruption;
The group encounter the monsters and more become hurt/killed.
Attempt to repair the situation;
the reaiming members of the group start to fight the monsters and try to escape the cave they are trapped in. however they are unsuccessful.
New Equilibriuml;
the m,ain character manages to escape the cave and the new equilibrium is formed as she has been able to escape and return to normal life.
The Blair Witch Project;
Equilibrium;
the film starts with the group driving along the road to go to their destination (the woods) to film a documentary about the Witch.
Disruption;
The group leave the van and are walking around the woods. the group start to head back to go to their van and the path has become blocked off.
Realisation of disruption;
The characters realise that something is wrong when their campsite is terrorised late at night (by what they think is a group of children playing a joke) the group run out of the tent screaming and shouting to scare the children away, opne of the group runs too far ahead and goes missing.
Attempt to repair;
The group search for their fiend and are unable, the attempt to repair is unsuccessful. they manage to get back to the other side of the lake to their van and find that the van has been destroyed.
New Equilibrium;
the characters head shouts coming from a house- the shouts are from their missing friend. the pair run into the house, the femail characters runs downstairs and the male character runs upstairs. the femail charactyers starts screaming for help and the male character rushes down to help, the audience head a thud and the camera is dropped, we know that something has happened behind the camera nad the man is injured/dead. the camera is positioned so we see the femail character facing the wall crying and this is how the film ends.
as we see Todorov's theory does not work on the Blair Witch as the equilibrium at the end is not a return to normality for the characters.
The Descent (Part 1;
Equilibrium;
the films starts at an equilibrium as we see the group are walking through the woods and talking.
Disruption;
The group become trapped in the cave and one of the gorpu is injured.
Realisation of disruption;
The group encounter the monsters and more become hurt/killed.
Attempt to repair the situation;
the reaiming members of the group start to fight the monsters and try to escape the cave they are trapped in. however they are unsuccessful.
New Equilibriuml;
the m,ain character manages to escape the cave and the new equilibrium is formed as she has been able to escape and return to normal life.
The Blair Witch Project;
Equilibrium;
the film starts with the group driving along the road to go to their destination (the woods) to film a documentary about the Witch.
Disruption;
The group leave the van and are walking around the woods. the group start to head back to go to their van and the path has become blocked off.
Realisation of disruption;
The characters realise that something is wrong when their campsite is terrorised late at night (by what they think is a group of children playing a joke) the group run out of the tent screaming and shouting to scare the children away, opne of the group runs too far ahead and goes missing.
Attempt to repair;
The group search for their fiend and are unable, the attempt to repair is unsuccessful. they manage to get back to the other side of the lake to their van and find that the van has been destroyed.
New Equilibrium;
the characters head shouts coming from a house- the shouts are from their missing friend. the pair run into the house, the femail characters runs downstairs and the male character runs upstairs. the femail charactyers starts screaming for help and the male character rushes down to help, the audience head a thud and the camera is dropped, we know that something has happened behind the camera nad the man is injured/dead. the camera is positioned so we see the femail character facing the wall crying and this is how the film ends.
as we see Todorov's theory does not work on the Blair Witch as the equilibrium at the end is not a return to normality for the characters.
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