Hollywood Golden Age

Hollywood Golden Age

Classical Hollywood cinema is the term used to name a specific epoch characterized by marked styles of making motion pictures, and a production methodology implemented by the American Film Industry. This age is considered to be, roughly, from the 1920s to the early 1960s.

The Golden Age was represented by the classical style, which is characterized by the principal use of continuity editing (meaning the continuity of shots is intended to feel natural and smooth), also called invisible style. Contrary to modernist or insurgent film currents, the camera in Classical Cinema, together with the sound, should never call the attention for themselves.

Between the general genres which predominated the era were included: Western, slapstick comedy, musical, animated cartoon, biopic (biographical picture). Also, the rising power of the cinematographic studios made a sectioning in the market: most of the films made were produced by it, and also genres were usually divided by studios.

Production Journal.

Absolutely no Diagetic Sound, put in Off.
Everything Non-diagetic. 
At party, Distant echoing music. Someone talks to him: annoying high pitched sound, or mouths moving slowly without articulating sounds

Scouting Locations 1

Abril CC.
Capital Federal, Libertador.
Pilar.
Variety of landscapes, city, lakes, biological spectrum. Nice, clear areas.
Entre Rios. River beach, nostalgic place. 

Production Journal: Plan Changes

Part 1

Guy, daily routine, seems stressed out, tired. Use of vague, sombre chromatics. Jump cuts (uncomfortable step in sidewalk and routine at house). Music in reverse, sinister feel.

Part 2

When he goes to sleep, slow motion. Eye shots. Change into sunny setting, bright saturated colouring. ‘Dreamed’ action. Surreal ambience, unconnected shots.  Clear music. He throws himself in the pool (slow motion, uncanny shots), Still, peaceful moment. Eye transition again, ‘waking up.’

Part 3

Same shadowy frames as before, but more melancholic music (strings, slow minor chords). Wakes up, looks himself in the mirror, static feel. Contrast to fast-forwarded shots.

Special, weird shots in mind:

Transition sleep-awakening:  

When throwing himself to the pool, extremely slow motion, detailed fall. 

Superimposition of opening extreme close-up eyes, backtracking of the fall. 

Showing of: 

Reverse water drops on a wall, ice malting and forming back again.

Destruction shots: 

Slow mo cristals to floor, dark background. Falling from above (Quincho Otto) and then reforming again. Drop of water? (If definition and editing program make it possible). 

Black Light shots:

Highlighter ink into water. Paper, glass falling from roof. Tonic Water?

Transition of clorophyll green-red?

Other:

Knife. Fast forwarded city (contrast to stillness). Fast forwarded sky clouds. Fast forward trees shaking in wind. Continuous change from speed.

One - sheet Draft 1

Mood: Surrealistic, bizarre shots.
Storyline - Plot : A man in suit escaping. From what/whom? Unknown.
"What are you running from?"

Fist shots: entrance of guy, slow motion sequence.
Washes his face, interrumpted by surreal flashes.

Opens his eyes (pupil shot), sees the mirror (inverted colours). Shocking noise, scream
Start of race. 

Parallel. Girl story

Meet at tree.

Production Journal

Psychadelic  Ambience = Vivid Colours, Unusual Shot Compositions/Angles
Slow Motion / Fast Forward Shots

Carlos Juni - Santos Espina - Tomás Wetzel

Blemd of shots
Lighting effects

Distortion of modern society