| Question | Answer |
| MeloDrama | A drama accompanied by music |
| Movie stars are constructed T or F | True |
| What was the first Hollywood Mag and what year | Motion Picture Story 1911 |
| What did early movie mags do (what were they made for) | They were made for publicity and promote stars and movies alike |
| How did movie stars help studios make money off of theatres | They would star in a movie and studios would only sell the movie if they bought other movies first |
| What are bankable stars | They are actors who bring money and people to see a certain films. |
| Careful Packaging and playing roles that fit their star personas bring in...... | huge audiences |
| Who use to publicize stars | Studios |
| Who publicizes stars now | A team of publicists, stylists, managers and agents |
| Were stars under contract in the old studios T or F | True |
| How did studios use stars to make films succeses | They used stars as attractions and used their fame to get people to go see a movie |
| Fairbanks, Chaplin and Pickford as well as director D.W. Griffith created what | United Artists Studio |
| Why was United Artist created | They created U.A. for more independence from film studios |
| The origins of the melodrama are from? | France in the 1770's |
| What did french royalty ban or limit | Melodramas |
| How does music affect the melodrama | The music emphasizes emotion and deepens and enhances a melodrama's scene |
| Melodrama in it's theatrical form developed an entire repertoire of visual expression: (what was it) | Gestures, pose costume, decor, and mise en cine |
| What genre tells stories of emotional nature | Melodramas |
| Who was the king of stage melodrama | David Belasco |
| What did David Belasco do for melodramas | He created dramatic stage lighting and elaborate stage machinery to create spectacles |
| Why was silent film perfect for melodramas | Because of it's lack of dialogue |
| What was the first successful sound film | The Jazz Singer |
| What movie genre usually uses two realities to create it's movies | Musicals |
| The day to day reality in musicals is | Characters are in a regular day |
| What happens in a second reality in musicals | Characters sing and dance |
| What happened to musicals in the 1960's | The began to die and lose popularity in the 1960's |
| Culture Specific Genre | Comedy |
| What did silent comedies address | The human condition without the cultural context of language |
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