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What is the difference between comedy and horror movies?
A thriller is more interested in suspense, putting you "on the edge of your seat" or in plain terms, making you nervous for the fate of the characters. A horror movie wants to make you fear for your personal safety, to make you afraid that what happened to the characters may happen to you even after you've left the theater. As a good horror movie often contains a great deal of suspense and as a good thriller can be pretty scary in spots it's more down to the intentions of the film maker and the subject matter of the film. Hitchcock is regarded as a suspense director but his films Psycho and The Birds are more correctly classified as horror films because they deal with horrific subject matter and their intention is to terrify, not make you nervous about the fate of the on-screen characters. Hitchcock's film North By Northwest has a terrifically suspenseful ending but it is not particularly horrific in that it is not specifically designed to scare you into thinking you may fall off Washington's nose on your next visit to Mount Rushmore. Since the 80's film makers who somehow feel making a horror film is beneath them have often described their films as "thrillers" when they are actually horror films further blurring the difference between the two styles.
What was the paramount decision?
The Paramount decision was a supreme court ruling in 1948 against the major film studios in Hollywood famously known as the 'big 5',which were the main fully integrated film studios between 1920s-1948. These studios were Fox, Loew's incorporated, Paramount Pictures, RKO and Warner Brothers. The case was challenged and won by independent film producers and distributors. The court ruled the elimination of block-booking and blind buying. Block-booking involved the major studios selling only A movies with a pool of other films in which they included many B movies and shorts that were likely to be less successful, and consequently gaining a vast profit. Many of the films were unseen and caused independent studios to purchase films by blind-buying. Fundamentally prior to 1948 the main film companies referred to as the 'big 5' controlled the film industry by means of what known as the studio system in which the film companies controlled every aspect of film production and distribution by controlling production on their own lots, distribution to their own first-run theaters and exhibition through other independent theaters, but still regained control by distributing these films only by block-booking and blind buying. Essentially the court ruling against this form of monopolization in 1948, known as the Paramount decision hailed the end of the studio system that had existed since the 1920s.
Difference between feature film and non feature film?
It is a showing on the tv which has a setting and characters you watch it for at least an 1 hour and its justlike a tv programme but a bit longer It is a long story take and shown on the screen with songs. Mostly films are more than 2 hours.
Hollywood in the golden era of film?
The Golden age of Hollywood refers to the years since the coming of the feature- length talkies with "The Jazz Singer" in 1928 to the 60s. The Films which were shot in the Narrative type were the main-point of this golden age in H'wood.
What is the plot of the movie the Changeling?
The film titled "The Changeling" was made in 1980 and starred George C. Scott as the main character. The movie was directed by Mark Medak. It falls into the categories of horror and thriller. The plot revolves around a man being haunted by a spectre, while staying at an old historical mansion.
