Jordan Ilan A-Level Film Studies

Attempt 2: (b) Compare how far your chosen films reflect their different production contexts. Vertigo & One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (OFOTCN) are both films that reflect their different production contexts. Vertigo is a film by Alfred Hitchcock and was released in the late 50's, when the studio system was still prevalent in Hollywood, and OFOTCN is a film by Milos Forman that was released in the mid 70's, a time period which allowed independent films to reach a mainstream audience. Vertigo's positioning at the end of the studio system depicts that it both conforms to and is also independent of the tight constraints of filmmaking in the golden era whereas during the mid-70's, European films were making a splash in America as the huge market of disaffected youth found relevance and artistic meaning in movies from directors such as Michelangelo Antonioni which meant that independent films in America began to found a wider audience as the new movie-goer gene...

(b) Compare how far your chosen films reflect their different production contexts. Vertigo & One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (OFOTCN) are both films that reflect their different production contexts. Vertigo is a film by Alfred Hitchcock and was released in the late 50's, when the studio system was still prevalent in Hollywood, and OFOTCN is a film by Milos Forman that was released in the mid 70's, a time period which allowed independent films to reach a mainstream audience. Vertigo was released in 1958 during a period when the studios held all the power and owned the rights to the majority of films. This means that aspects of Vertigo's production is reflected in its production context as many actors had contracts to the studios so this meant that Hitchcock used well established actors such as James Stewart in his cast as Hollywood in this time was centered around the stars so by having a well renowned actor such as Stewart meant that the film could appeal to ...