Movie Review Hollywood Audience

When reading about the rapid decline of the "Hollywood Audience" as the book calls it, it struck me that television and film defiantly have a love hate relationship. Television took viewers away from frequenting the movies in theaters but also gave movie goers another way to see the films they wanted too in the comfort of their own homes. The portion of the book I particularly enjoyed reading about was the film industries way of changing the way the presented films such as "The Drive-In". The other portion of the readings that I found entertaining was the way they changed cinematography by going to the "3-D Assault". Though each portion of the book as well as the Telecourse #8 were helpful in understanding the relationship of Television and Film these two aspects are what stood out most to me, mainly because I have been to a drive-in and I have seen movies in 3-D. Though times have changed and from then to now I am sure they are very different, these two things are what caught my fancy in this section.

To start with the relationship between television and film I looked at the Drive-Ins that were established and how the two have a connection. A Drive-In theater normally consists of a large outdoor movie screen, a projection booth, a concession stand as well as a large parking area for the cars to park and watch the film. The first Drive-In was built by Richard M. Hollingshead Jr. on June 6th, 1933. The first movie ever played was "Wife Beware" by Adolphe Menjou. The Drive-In's movie slogan was "The whole family is welcome, regardless of how noisy the children are". This started (in my opinion) the relationship between film and television because it was a family affair that, even though you were in your car, felt closer to home than an original theatre. The Drive-In was a place where families could go and enjoy a movie while still spending time together. The book also states "The Drive-In: the movies followed their vanishing audience to the suburbs". Which is true seeing as how most movie goers started to move to the suburbs and the movie theaters seen a drop in weekly viewings. Having a Drive-In in the suburbs was a great idea to keep movie goers seeing the films and keeping movie attendance up.

Second I looked at the 3-D assault that took place in changing the films and giving movie goers something more to view than the normal movie. The making of a 3-D film includes "Bolting