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1. HOLLYWOOD RESEARCH
“Hollywood” is a name used to describe the entire U.S. film industry, which started in the
Los Angeles, California suburb of Hollywood. So a Hollywood movie would be an American
movie
THE ORIGIN OF MOVIES
The origin of movies and motion pictures began in the late 1800’s, with the
invention of “motion toys” designed to trick the eye into seeing an illusion of
motion from a display of still frames in quick succession, such as the
thaumatrope and the zoetrope.
THE FIRST MOVIE

2. In 1872, Edward Muybridge created the first movie ever made by placing twelve
cameras on a racetrack and rigging the cameras to capture shots in quick
sequence as a horse crossed in front of their lenses.
2OOO HOLLYWOOD
The turn of the millennium brought a new age in film history with rapid and
remarkable advances in technology. The movie industry has already seen
achievements and inventions in the 2000’s, such as the Blu-ray disc and IMAX
theaters.
Additionally, movies and TV shows can now be watched on smartphones,
tablets, computers, and other personal devices with the advent of streaming
services such as Netflix.
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THE LEGEND OF HOLLWOOD

3. Hollywood, California, where, beginning a century ago, the great American dream burst out of our
collective subconscious and into the open.
There is no other name that frees our fantasies and stirs our hopes and fears, our tears and our
eternal romances, like that single incomparable word - Hollywood
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THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD
the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, which lasted from the end of the silent era in American
cinema in the late 1920s to the late 1940s, movies were issued from the Hollywood studios like the
cars rolling off Henry Ford's assembly lines. Most Hollywood pictures adhered closely to a formula-
Western, slapstick comedy, musical, animated cartoon, biopic (biographical picture)-and the same
creative teams often worked on films made by the same studio. For instance, Cedric Gibbons and
Herbert Stothart always worked on MGM films, Alfred Newman worked at Twentieth Century Fox for
twenty years, Cecil B. De Mille's films were almost all made at Paramount, director Henry King's
films were mostly made for Twentieth-Century Fox, etc. And one could usually guess which studio
made which film, largely because of the actors who appeared in it. Each studio had its own style and
characteristic touches which made it possible to know this - a trait that does not exist today. Yet
each movie was a little different, and, unlike the craftsmen who made cars, many of the people who
made movies were artists. For example, To Have and Have Not (1944) is famous not only for the
first pairing of actors Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Lauren Bacall (1924- ) but also for being
written by two future winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature: Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), author
of the novel on which the script was nominally based, and William Faulkner (1897-1962), who
worked on the screen adaptation.
Moviemaking was still a business, however, and motion picture companies made money by
operating under the studio system. The major studios kept thousands of people on salary-actors,
producers, directors, writers, stuntmen, craftspersons, and technicians. And they owned hundreds of

4. theaters in cities and towns across the nation, theaters that showed their films and that were always
in need of fresh material.
Many film historians have remarked upon the many great works of cinema that emerged from this
period of highly regimented filmmaking. One reason this was possible is that, with so many movies
being made, not every one had to be a big hit. A studio could gamble on a medium-budget feature
with a good script and relatively unknown actors: Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles (1915-
1985) and often regarded as the greatest film of all time, fits that description. In other cases, strong-
willed directors like Howard Hawks (1896-1977) and Frank Capra (1897-1991) battled the studios in
order to achieve their artistic visions. The apogee of the studio system may have been the year
1939, which saw the release of such classics as The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind,
Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Only Angels
Have Wings, Ninotchka, and Midnight. Among the other films from the Golden Age period that are
now considered to be classics: Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, the original King Kong, and Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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WHAT MAKES MOVIE, A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE
The International Federation of Film Archives defines the country of origin as the "country
of the principal offices of the production company or individual by whom the moving image
work was made." A Hollywood movie can therefore be further defined as a movie produced
by a company or individual whose principal offices are in the United States. The nationality
of the film’s writer, director, or cast does not matter, nor do the filming locations.
Some people make the distinction between Hollywood films and indie films, which are made
outside the major film studio system. So, one could alternatively consider a Hollywood film
to be one that is produced and/or financed by one of the six major film studios — 20th
Century Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros — which all have studio
lots located in or near Hollywood, California.
However, these major studio lots are mainly used for shooting television shows. It may
surprise some people that very few Hollywood movie are shot on the movie sound stages
actually located in or near Hollywood, California due to the expense of filming there. Many
Hollywood movies these days are filmed in other states such as Georgia, Louisiana, or New
Mexico instead for purely economic reason. Hollywood films movies are even shot in
Canada, Australia, Hungary, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and other foreign countries,
even if the film’s story is set in the United States.

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WHY IS HOLLYWOOD FAMOUS
Today Hollywood is notonly the centre of motion picture industries butalso ofthe television film and recording
industries ofAmerica.
Hollywood is the largestfilm industryin the factor of total revenue and second largestin total ticket collection,total
film release.The films releasing worldwide with the High screens,no matter,today's Hollywood includes high
technologyto their Studios.
1. Professionalism – This is the first and the biggest quality in the Hollywood
movies which makes them better from any other film industry. From beginning till
the end, they picturize every scene and act so professionally that one can hardly
find any flaw in that. Lucasfilm and Pixar are the finest examples of
determination, rigor, and professionalism.
2. Subject Variety – It is hard to find such Hollywood movies which have similar
subject. Every movie comes with different story and concept. Whereas in other
film industries, they pick the same concept just with little variations which makes
the movies really boring and uninteresting to watch.
3. Graphics – No doubt Hollywood movies comes with the best graphics in the
world. They have very expert team members in the graphics which makes the
effects and visuals look real. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Gravity, Avengers,
Inception, Jurassic Park and Avatar are few of the best movies with amazing
effects and graphics.
4. Screenwriters – Every aspect of these movies is related to the professionalism.
They have amazing screenwriters in their team which can turn an average script
to a marvel.
5. Stick to the concept – Unlike other film industries where the movie gets out of
track from its real concept, Hollywood movies remain stick to it completely from
start to end. If the movie is based on the concept of music then you will find
everything (story, concept, script, songs) related to music only.

6. 6. Budget – No doubt, Hollywood movies are made with huge budget which let
them choose better location, star cast and better audio/visual effects for their
movies.
7. Large audience – As Hollywood movies are released worldwide, that’s why they
have large fan following and audience. Whereas in case of other film industries,
movies are released in their country and in 2 or 3 other countries (mostly). The
reason behind this is that English is the widely spoken language and people can
understand it clearly.
8. Worth Watching – It’s not that Hollywood does not make bad movies. There are
few movies which are not liked by the audience but the list is quite less in that
case. Most of the movies (above 80%) are worth watching. You will not find that
you have wasted your 2-3 hours in watching the movie.
9. Perfect Casting – You will rarely find the need to suggest any better substitute in
a movie for a character. The appropriateness of Hollywood casting is the main
reason why those characters become legends.
10.Background Sound Effects – Have you ever watched any Hollywood movie
without background music? Obviously no because that experience will be very
dull. The perfect background sound effects enhance the impact of the scene
even more. They use the sound effects very wisely whether they are horror,
action or drama movies.
11.Make-up artists – When it comes to horror Hollywood movies, no one can beat
them. Their make-up artists are so skilled that they make a beautiful human to
horrifying ghost that looks almost like a real ghost.
12.Popularity of film not based on stars – Like most of the other film industries
where the success of the movie depends on the actors or actresses in the movie;
Hollywood industry do not rely on this plan at all. The success is completely
based on the direction and story line, no matter the actor/actress in the movie is
famous or not
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7. HOLLYWOOD GENRES
The major literary genres defined by topic are:
 Fantasy.
 Science fiction.
 Western.
 Romance.
 Thriller.
 Mystery.
 Detective story.
 Dystopia.
PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR MOVIES
In psychological horror, suspicion, distrust, self-doubt and paranoia about oneself, others or the
world are present. This is referred to in Jungian psychology as characteristics of the archetypal
shadow. These are the emotional and mental fears that keep people up at night and evoke a sense
of dread in everyday life.
This sub-genre reveals the complexity of human nature through the use of metaphor. Struggles
with monsters, aliens, supernatural creatures are metaphors for emotional and psychological
struggles. Characters are battling their own inner demons. Resolutions are complex, complicated,
and unexpected. The villain may get away. The protagonist may have to learn how to live with a
monster or disappear completely into madness. These films are often light on gore and “I
couldn’t sleep alone for a week!” scares. They rely more on atmosphere, subtle creepy details,
suggestion, and ambiguity.
Plot twists are an important element. Surprise is used to deepen exploration of the film’s theme.
Traditional horror often follows the straight line of a fight for survival. In psychological horror,
what’s terrifying is understanding why everything is not what it seems.

8. Processing the experience of death is a major theme in psychological horror, especially when it’s
against societal or familial expectations. This type of horror creeps up where reality and taboo
meet. Humans are a mixture of primal truths and social conditioning. Psychological horror
explores what’s created when there is a disastrous dissidence between these expectations and the
natural stages of grief. Ghosts in this sub-genre are looking for complex things. The undead
represent the physiological experience of being physically alive but animated by a force that is
void of humanity. Protagonists are often the dead or undead, lending to exploration of their
psyche.
The following films are great examples of psychological horror.
 THE INVITATION (2015)
 THE SHINING (1980)
 AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)
 DRACULA (1931)
 PSYCHO (1961)
 WHAT LIES BENEATH (2000)
 GOOD NIGHT MOMMY (2014)
 THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE ( 2015)
 IT FOLLOWS
 I SAW THE DEVIL
 1408 (2017)
 THE THREE FACES OF EVE
 SPLIT