Ms. Stier Teaches Film – Magic, Color, and Spectacle
Part VI: In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the movie industry thrived. The 1930s was a defining decade for filmmaking, in all its technicolor splendor.
Ms. Stier Teaches Film – The Leading Ladies of the 1930s
Part V: A look at some of the successful actresses and female screenwriters of Hollywood’s Golden Age, and the scandalous pre-code films of the early 30s.
Ms. Stier Teaches Film – Wow, they can talk!
Part IV: Star power in the Jazz Age and the dawn of the Talkie.
Ms. Stier Teaches Film – Birth of the Hollywood Studio System
Part III: A discussion about film’s transition from the silent shorts era to the longer, more complex films of the 1920s; the troubling history of representation in film; and the changing studio system in Hollywood.
Ms. Stier Teaches Film – Hollywood U.S.A: The Land of Opportunity
Part II: An overview of the early filmmakers of Hollywood, many of whom traveled from other countries to the United States in search of a better life. Assigned Films: Early Edison Kinetoscope Shorts (playlist) The Immigrant (dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1917; 25 min) – YouTube Further […]
Ms. Stier Teaches Film – A Brief History of Early Film Production
Part I: A short history of filmmaking from the 1890s to the mid-1910s.