FILM THEORY

Films really blossomed in the 1920s, most US film production at the start of the decade occurred in or near Hollywood on the West Coast,by the mid-20s, movies were big business.

Plays and dances had elements common to films- scripts, sets, lighting, costumes, production, direction, actors, audiences, storyboards, and scores. They preceded film by thousands of years. Much terminology later used in film theory and criticism applied, such as in scene. Moving visual images and sounds were not recorded for replaying as in film.

The big five Studios were: The Warner Bros,Famous player Lasky(Paramount),RKO,MGM,FOX. And the little three Studios were: Universal,United Artists,Columbia Pictures.

One of the most importants was the Disney Studios: specializing in animation; Walt and Roy Disney originally opened their first studio in 1923 in Los Angeles in the back of the Holly-Vermont Realty office, and called it Disney Bros. Studio; in a few years, they opened a new facility in downtown LA; in the late 30s, they relocated to a 51-acre lot in Burbank, and changed their name to Walt Disney Productions

Motion pictures developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertaiment, and mass media in the 20th century. Motion picture films have had a substantial impact on the arts, technology, and politics.