FILM IB1 New American Cinema
Objectives Who: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas What: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, The Godfather, Realism, Violence, Home video Where: USA, previously known for glitz and glamour and celebration of the American Dream – now changing… When: 1970s, Post Vietnam war Why: Response to realism and new waves around the world.
Outcomes Apply new wave philosophy and realism to the USA. Learn about the socio-political context of post-Vietnam USA. Create a Trailer from a New American Cinema Film of your choice.
What makes a New Wave a New Wave? The American New Wave? TOK Question – How do we know? What makes a New Wave a New Wave? Socio-political references Poverty, or in this case violence New filmmaking techniques Realism
Socio-Political Context Read the review of Taxi Driver. IMDB/Rotten Tomatoes/Metacritic Roger Ebert Empire/Total Film/BFI Which groups were represented? How is realism represented?
Read the Image Taxi Driver Image - Travis’s Vietnam coat. The poor setting of the streets.
Martin Scorsese One of the most celebrated Auteurs Scorsese was one of the ‘film brats’ – American filmmakers in the 1970s who had graduated film school.
Film Brats Complete an Auteur profile for one of the following Film Brats. Robert Altman Peter Bogdanovich Ellen Burstyn Brian De Palma Shelley Duvall Monte Hellman Terrence Malick Jack Nicholson Robert Redford Gena Rowlands Sissy Spacek Which Films they made Where they studied Film The style they are known for
The movement of American Cinema In the 1960s, Hollywood had previously been churning out tired themes and profit-orientated films. The auteur was given a chance to shape the film with New American cinema in the early to mid 70s. Unfortunately it didn’t last and the Age of Blockbuster arrived.
Trailer Creative Piece
Editing a trailer Editing a trailer is different to editing a feature. It is a montage of moments to hook the audience interest Titles and voiceover are used to explain institutional factors like ‘stars’ and ‘director’ as well as any ‘awards’ it has won. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHpFkrAUCYI
Choice of Films The Godfather Pt1 Rocky Easy Rider Dawn of the Dead Texas Chainsaw Massacre The Exorcist American Graffiti The Graduate Taxi Driver Bonnie and Clyde The French Connection Apocalypse Now Close Encounters of the Third Kind Deliverance Chinatown
Institutional information Stars names Director Budget Awards Won Research this for your chosen film. Add your inquiry question around these areas.
Example: Dawn of the Dead Director: George Romero Stars: Studio: Budget/Box Office: $900,000 opening weekend. $55 Million worldwide. Awards: Cannes Film Festival Nominee ‘Golden Screen Award’ Critics/Audience Reception: “Entertainment Weekly #27 of the Top 50 Cult Films” Roger Ebert: “one of the best horror films ever made”. Empire: one of the 500 greatest movies of all time” New York Times: The best 1000 movies ever made” Cinefantasique “a savage attach on the foibles of modern society” Other: X rated in US. Banned in Australia
iMovie 11 How to set up
Setting up the timeline iMovie 11 has a more simplistic setup than I movie 10. https://gigaom.com/2010/10/25/how-to-restore-imovies-timeline-feature/