Italian Cinema and Its History | Assignment
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Italian Cinema and Its History | Assignment
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Running Head: Italian Cinema and its History 1Italian Cinema and its HistoryNameSubmitted toDate
Running Head: Italian Cinema and its History 2Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Discussion........................................................................................................................................4Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9Citations.........................................................................................................................................10
Running Head: Italian Cinema and its History 3IntroductionThe Italian film industry has an epic history which has helped it to guide and shape the whole course of international cinema. The uniqueness of the Italian films is one of the vital factor for itssuccess. The Italian film industry has developed in a very slow, regressive and defensive manner which was seen to be rapid and expansive at some places. The industry is seen to encompass various histories influencing, changing, affecting and interacting within its own fabric. Italian cinema can be considered as a son of figurative arts and literature and a self-declared inheritor. The Italian cinema has constructed its basis on the artistic and literary structures and have successfully been able to confidently draw from the wider patrimony of art and international literature. Gradually, the Italian cinema learnt the usage of theatre screen as a helper for portraying the collective dreams of the accurate reflection of the daily life in Italy. This helped the development of an anamorphic lens which will be beneficial in celebrating the vices which forms the spine of the Italian national character (Bertellini, Giorgio, 2004).The Italian films and its journey started from the late 1890s, much later from the invention of moving pictures which took places in 1880s. First known Italian film was produced in 1896 which recorded the Florence visit of Italian King And Queen. However, the commercial Italian film industry started in 1905 with movies like 20 Settembre 1870 (The Capture of Rome, September 20, 1870), historical film by Florentine Filoteo Alberini,La Presa di Roma. Soon various companies were seen sprang up Milan, Turin and Naples and a standard market in the national and international arena was developed. Italy had its position in the movie production and screenwriting prior to the First World War. The movies were first seen to be documentary, mythological or historical in nature however, a transition was seen by 1910 when Italian makers moved towards comedies and art films. The Italian film studios are considered to be serious
Running Head: Italian Cinema and its History 4historical filmmakers and are pioneer in this field (Marcus 1986, Burgoyne 1991, Dalle Vacche 1992).The representation of the pioneer history of Italian cinema as explained by Gian Piero Brunetta has been found to passim (Brunetta 1979, 1981 and 1982). This paper discusses the development and evolvement of the Italian Cinema and how it has emerged to be one of the impactful film industry in the world. The paper focuses on the involvement of important films and directors of the industry in the period between 1915 to 2015. The paper depicts how the Italian cinema has transformed over these decades representing the various phases along with raising some intense questions on the social, cultural, and political andreligion based issues in the country. DiscussionIn 1910, a film called The Fall of Troy produced by Turin-based Giovanni Pastrone which was one of the greatest commercial success. Later, he produced a two-and-a-half hour epic namedCabiria featuring highly dramatic settings which were seen to derive from the grand opera tradition. Various cameras were used for picturisation of the film to shoot from various angles rather than a fixed single camera. This method became a standard for any film production system globally (Muscio, Giuliana, 2013). Additionally, the concept of moving camera was used for the very first time. The use of close up for highlighting the beautiful features of actors and actress were pioneered by the Italian filmmakers. Cinecittà, considered to be the breeding groundfor the most acclaimed film directors was established in 1930 in Rome. A series of propaganda films were seen to be produced in the World War II era. These were followed by newly inspired film genre known as Neorealism exploring the demoralizing economic conditions of the county. The period between 1945 and 1948 saw the works of De Santis, De Sica, Rossellini and Visconti saw unleashing of energy which was intense enough to
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