TCF 112 1st Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I Golden Age of German Cinema 1919 1933 a Historical Context of Ufa b Ufa s Major Contributions i Epics ii Expressionistic Films 1 Social and Cultural Atmosphere 2 Impressionism a Expressionism vs Impressionism b Mise en scene iii Realistic Street Films 1 The Last Laugh 2 Cinematic Contributions of M a Sound Transitions in M 3 Cinematic Significance of Langs Metropolis 1927 c German Golden Age Characteristics i Formal Style ii Thematic meaning d Overarching Themes e Putting it all Together f End of German Golden Age g Lasting Impact on HW Outline of Current Lecture I Hollywood in the 30 s a The Coming of Sound i Dilemmas of Sound ii Sound on disc iii Sound on film iv De Forests Audion Tube These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 1 Impact on HW v Warner Bros and Sound vi Broad Impacts of Sound vii Singin in The Rain viii Don Juan ix The Jazz Singer x Lights of New York Current Lecture Hollywood in the 30 s The Coming of Sound Dilemmas of Sound Three major Problems 1 Length differentials Film reel vs sound disc length 2 Synchronization Two separate machines working as one 3 Amplification The sound had to be loud enough Sound on disc Dual system Vitaphone Made popular by Warner Bros Sound on film Single system solution Sound effects music and dialogue are recorded onto a film strip and a light optically reads the audio track producing sound Remedies the problems of length differentials and synchronization Tri Ergan System 1919 German Phonofilm 1920 Lee De Forest De Forest s Audion Tube Associated with the birth of the television Patented in 1908 Solved the problem of amplification Impact on HW o Artistic performers movements were restricted o Technical studios had to upgrade their recording gear and screening facilities expensive o Commercial the debt and price of the equipment encouraged studios to only produce dialogue heavy pieces and musicals foreign talent had to lose or temper accents Warner Bros and Sound Warner Bros studio was responsible for the populizing of sound Studio wanted to give their 2nd and 3rd run houses more appeal Their risk it was an aggressive nosiness strategy Broad Impacts of Sound 1 Return to static camera 2 Language barriers 3 Exodus of NY stage talent 4 Big corporations own the Dream Factory NY production studios Cali 5 Film speed standardized at 24 tps 6 Sound redefines classic HW style realism acting melodrama Singin In The Rain 1952 Showed the problems of the transition to sound in the film industry Sound problems quality tech issues etc Don Juan 1926 1st feature film with synchronized musical score and sound effects Starred John Barrymore The Jazz Singer 1927 1st feature length film to use synchronized sound and image to advance the narrative Narrative divided into silent and talkie acoustic halves Director Alan Grosland Starred Al Jolson Talkie static camera overly performative Silent unchained camera fluid editing Films success led to other studios investing in sound Warner Bros became a major studio Lights of New York 1928 1st all talkie feature film Dual system vitaphone system by Warner Bros Director Bryan Foy The novelty of it being the 1st all talkie film made it one of the most profitable films