La Sortie de l'Usine ^
History of short film:
· Short film has revolutionised the film industry with each new advancement in film there has been a short film that sparked it off
· 1895: first short film publicly exhibited ‘La Sortie de l’usine’
- Short due to technically restrictions
· It wasn’t until 1910 when films got longer that the term “short subjects” was coined
· Historical content
-workers in the workhouse, evidence of the past
· “short subjects” became quite popular amongst audiences because people could go to the cinema and see 3-4 films rather just 1. This was important at the time as there were few forms of entertainment for the masses
· 1930s Hollywood Block-booking
- Big Hollywood studio forces a small production company to sell their shorts and which they would turn into feature films
· Supreme court of USA declared block booking illegal but the damage to short film had been done
· The classical narrative- 90 minute or more feature films
· More profitable for film exhibitors – 2hour turnover of film
· Invention of TV- Mass medium
- Short films were aired until 1960s
· 1980s short film reinvented however, they were much darker and grittier, No longer about commercial success but about content and conveying a message
This will lead on to Avant Garde...
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