America has a rich form of art, which is film. The Hollywood Style introduces the broad themes and stylistic conventions of a classical Hollywood film. It examines American production methods, basically on how Americans use the basic materials of filmmaking in a manner that is different from their foreign allies. Also, it provides us discussions of how different directors achieve different effects with the available materials they have.
On
the documentary that we have watched, which is entitled “Hollywood Style”, it
opens our eyes on how beautiful the films are. Aside from the actors, the men
behind them especially the directors also contribute a lot to make these films
better. They work hard on various elements like the style, structure and
cinematography to make the story of these films effective. Also, the use of
camera and editing are crucial elements of motion picture; that’s why as a
student studying cinema, it is important for us to know how they achieve these
effects with their materials and for us to learn how to critic various films as
well.
Hollywood
Style was indeed one of the most effective tools of American cinema.
We
learned in this documentary that Hollywood has a unique style. They used the
term “Classical Hollywood cinema” which includes both visual and sound style
for making motion picture used in the American film industry. As the host in the documentary have said, time in classical
Hollywood is continuous and they use flashback to manipulate time. They use
flashbacks to introduce a memory sequence of a character, just like in
Casablanca. To effectively tell their story, filmmakers rely on style,
structure, narrative and visual elements. Some premiere directors like Martin
Scorsese discussed how classical Hollywood style affects the films over time.
The
magic of movies is that they make their own universe. Each film has a certain
story that makes each of us travel and go into a new world out of the reality. American
cinema proves this through their unique style. The Hollywood style is truly one
of America’s finest and one of the reasons on how they developed great movies
from the classic films up to the present. And because of this, Hollywood made a
profound effect on cinema across the world on our generation.
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