Influence Of Films On American Culture

Morgan Burns
Mr. Kevin McLin
History of Cinema II
27 April 2018 Film In America Postwar Before special effects rattled the screen, and ultimate movie going experiences took over in today’s society the art of entertainment started off with theater. Theater allowed older generations to enjoy themselves while watching stories being told through actors. As decades past the future took hold and thus people were able to put those actors on the big screen for thousands to see. People were amazed by the ability to have a train move silently along the movie screen and cause such enjoyment. Thus the film industry transformed into what seemed like a golden ticket for money. Through this time major silent films were made by peak ball players in the

These mean creating the success of the 70’s movie era, “The scripts were better, the ideas more daring, the execution freer, and most of all, the connections to the real world of American life outside much stronger and deeper. American filmmakers in the '70s gave wing to extravagant ambitions, sometimes trying to create the great American Film in the ways our best writers have tried to produce The Great American Novel… Some of the great American movie genres -- especially the western and the musical -- had collapsed by decade's end. (Wilmington.1) The moviegoers now required stories with thought, they wanted suspense, they wanted to laugh and cry. Thus this artist brought everything and more. Spielberg, being one of the best and youngest director of his time, took a book and created one of the most talked about movies in history (Jaws, 1975) Spielberg was able to take an animal that we come across in life and turn thousands into being afraid of swimming let alone stepping in water. His movie creation affecting everyone that saw it, this being said about his project,” Not only was Jaws a runaway box office success, but it was a bit of an anomaly in the fabric of 1970s American filmmaking. After all, from a certain point of view, the ‘70s can be understood as the American art house decade; in

Its hard to even think about movies not all having color but in the 60’s this was just another addition that started to make films so renound. And with the invention of colored television all Film studios started to put out color in their films. Another way filmmakers expressed their new forms of cinema was allowing the camera to be at different angles. A new way of filming broke out which involved hand-held shots, which really caused a nervous feeling to the scene adding to the intensity of movies. Another big change in the movie business was the way music and films started to interact. More and more movies that with the ability to have music in their movies caused for more dramatic moments and the ability to add both profits to the movie industry as well as the music