Cinema has been a mode of entertainment and expressionism for many years since the beginning of cinema which is believed to date back to the early 1900s, film movements from 1918 onwards all have had different styles and techniques which formed the basis of the cinema we see today. Film has evolved over time, however the styles and techniques we see in films today are influenced by previous film movements. The main film movements which have influenced recent films include; French Impressionism, German expressionism, Italian Neorealism, The Golden Age of Hollywood, French New Wave Cinema and New Hollywood ("22 movie movements that defined cinema", 2017). La La land 2016 directed by Damien Chazelle starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone is one …show more content…
example of a film that has been heavily influenced by past film movements ("La La Land (2016)", 2017). La La Land shares many similarities to that of films in the Golden Age of Hollywood specifically musicals from this movement. Although it is heavily influenced by the Golden age of Hollywood it also has some more modern elements showing influence from French New Wave and New Hollywood. The influence film movements have had on today’s film industry can be seen in most films in cinemas today as well as scripts written by students. La La Land shares many similarities to the Golden age of Hollywood in storyline demonstrating that past film movements have had a considerable influence on today’s cinema. The golden age of Hollywood starting in the 1930s saw the structure of films to have a clear beginning middle and end.
They usually had clear resolutions. The three parts were demonstrated clearly in La La Land by events in the movie as well as having the movie happen over seasons. The movie goes through five seasons Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall/Autumn and Winter ("La La Land Review & Analysis: Five Seasons of Archetypes in A Technicolor Land", 2017). Using the seasons clearly shows a change in acts and the beginning, middle and end, the first winter being the start setting up the story, Spring and Summer being the middle when problems are introduced and the love story develops and then the second winter the end. Using the seasons also showed the development in the characters as in each season Mia and Sebastian had to overcome problems and their characters developed entering each new season in a different place to how they entered the …show more content…
last. The storyline was influenced by The Golden Age as many musical films from this time were about a guy and girl who started out not liking each other, both characters had dreams, but struggling to achieve this at the start, throughout the film singing and dancing happens, in the end both characters achieve their dreams and they fall in love and live happily ever after together. However, this is where La La Land differs from The Golden Age and deviates from the usual Hollywood ending. The final act-Winter, is 5 years forward, Mia has become a successful actress and Sebastian has opened his dream Jazz club, however they are not together, Mia has a child with her boyfriend from earlier on in the movie. When Mia and her partner enter Seb’s bar and they Look at each other, a flashback happens showing an alternative order of events where Mia and Sebastion both got their dreams and also fell in love without having any troubles. This would have been the perfect Hollywood ending, however, La La land strayed from this portraying a more realistic ending showing that you can’t always have everything. The genre of La La Land matched with the Golden age and many scenes were heavily influenced by past musical movies. The movies in the Golden age of Hollywood tended to stick to specific genres the main ones being; westerns, musicals, screw ball comedies, Drama romance, Thrillers and animation, although sometimes they may share some qualities from other genres("Classical Film Era", 2017).
This was because they were easier to make, Low risk of doing badly and had a clear, specific audience, La La Land also followed this, its main genre being musical. La La Land was strongly influenced by the style of not only The Golden Age in general, but many musicals over time since the 1930s. This can be seen from the many scenes in La La land that were based off scenes in other musicals. The opening scene when people are dancing on cars was inspired by a scene from Les demoiselles de Rochefort 1967, Near the beginning when Mia’s housemates are trying to convince her to come out while singing and dancing is similar to scenes in Grease 1978 and West Side Story 1961(Emmanuele, 2017). One Movie La La land, shares many similarities with is Singing in the Rain 1952 as it has a similar story, sharing elements of comedy and drama and an association with acting and movie sets there are multiple scenes based off the 1952 musical including; City lights, carpark dancing scene in the moonlight and around a pole, movie set scenes and the flashback sequence when people are dancing on a big movie set. Some other films that influenced scenes include; Sweet Charity, The Band Wagon, Funny Face, Broadway Melody, Shall we
dance and The Moulin Rouge. From this it can be seen that La La Land was heavily influenced by previous musicals and styles used in the Golden Age of Hollywood Films. The Golden Age of Hollywood demonstrated new ideas in relation to time and space which can be seen in La La land. Time was linear, continuous and uniform, the story following time continuously and not jumping back and forth. La La land for the most part follows this, however, it uses flashbacks a couple of times and then continues the story from another characters’ point of view or shows possible outcomes. The Golden Age did permit uses of flashbacks, however, it was usually only for the purpose of memory not alternative point of views or imaginary possibilities. Cinematic space was also focused on in The Golden Age, the biggest rule referring to space was that the viewer must believe the scene exists outside the shot to maintain reality. La La Land followed this mostly, except a couple times when lighting and camera focus was used to heighten meaning and impact. This happened when Mia first heard Sebastian play and in her final audition when she started to sing and when she heard Sebastian play 5 years later, each time the lights black out all the background and space, and the camera only focused on Mia’s face. In most cases it then went into a flashback or an alternative outcome. These flashbacks and the use of showing an alternative ending shows influence from French New Wave and New Hollywood. Influences from French new wave include not following classical continuity and the story not being fully linear (Hitchman & McNett, 2017). Meaning it is acceptable to show alternative endings and go back to the past to show another characters order of events. Long tracking shots and use of stylistic choices to enhance the visuals of the film were also used. Another characteristic of French new wave cinema was that they were low budget and often used basic sets and equipment. La La Land being a musical did not share this quality having very extravagant sets and costumes similar to the standard of sets used in musicals during the Golden Age of Hollywood. The use of flashbacks in La La land also demonstrated influence from new Hollywood using editing not only for continuity but also for artistic reasons. The Movie followed other space techniques originating from The Golden Age including insuring the main person was centred and in focus, visuals were balanced and within the frame, sets, lighting and costumes were used to separate the foreground form the background(Morgan, 2017). The Golden Age of Hollywood introduced camera rules and techniques to ensure continuity of reality. This is used in many films, La La Land being one of them. The 30 degree rule is used to avoid misconfiguration between shots and to avoid pulling audiences focus away from the film. This concept originated before the Golden Age of Hollywood from George Melies, he is most famous for his film A Trip to the Moon and the scene when a rocket goes into the eye of the moon. He also used jump cuts and different camera angles to make the picture appear this way. The jump cuts he used usually involved making things disappear, however, he couldn’t make the shots identical to make the transitions seamless ("30 Degree Rule - Hollywood Lexicon", 2017). This is What the Golden Age of Hollywood could develop on and this technique is still used in films today. Another rule is the 180 degree rule and not crossing the line. This is the idea that in a scene with two characters they should both have the same relationship to the other, left or right("Golden Age of Hollywood", 2017). If the camera crosses the line than the shot becomes a reversed angle. This becomes disorientating to the audience and can distract them from the content of the scene (Ferrari, 2017). This is used in La La Land to maintain clear smooth shots and camera angles. Other techniques influenced by The Golden Age and French New Wave include; Jump cuts, Axial Cuts and Left/Right exit and entrance. This is so that if you exit a frame from the right and the next shot is continuing you should enter from the left to keep the scene smooth and to have continuity. The Golden Age Of Hollywood introduced multiple camera techniques that were new and based off previous ideas and these ideas have continued to develop over time throughout the movements and were used in La La Land to help make transitions smooth and keep the continuity of the scenes. All the film movements have developed over time and influenced todays movies in style, storyline and structure. These influences can be seen not only in movies but also in everyday scripts. A short film I wrote demonstrates influences from The Golden Age of Hollywood as they usually stick to one genre and the short film I wrote was mainly a drama. They also have a clear Beginning, middle and end. The short film had a clear beginning setting up the circumstance, it then had the middle when a problem was introduced and an ending when there was a resolution for the main character. It also had influences from French New Wave as it used flashbacks not only for the purpose of memories, but also for artistic purposes to make the story not as linear as traditional Golden Age films. The film wasn’t actually filmed, however if it was I would also use the camera techniques introduced and developed through The Golden Age of Hollywood, French New Wave and New Hollywood, such as the 30 degree, 180 degree rule, jump and axial cuts. These techniques would be used to keep the transitions smooth and to keep continuity. La La land was greatly influenced by The Golden Age of Hollywood and movie musicals. It was influenced by style, story, camera techniques, space and time. Other movements that influenced the film were French New Wave and New Hollywood. Over time film and cinematic techniques have developed and their influence can be seen in films today as well as scripts we write everyday. Therefore, La La Land and any film in cinema today was influenced by past film movements.
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