Lectures on the Movie Business – Origins, Style and Tech & Britain at War

Origins, Style & Tech

William Frieze Green inventing a camera and the beginnings of British cinema. How the style of British films is different to America’s. British technical proficiency – the fact that apart from the Americans, the UK has won more Oscars than all other countries in the world combined.

Britain at War

Cinema emerging in WW1 – British film makers at the front. How The Battle of the Somme screened to 20 million people and was a major commercial success. WW2 – In Which We Serve (Noel Coward) + Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger’s (A Matter of Life & Death). How films played a major propaganda role.

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