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History of Film Drama
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1940s
The boss of Big Town is a Romance Drama that was released in 1942. The film is about a city official (John Litel) who 'keeps a crooked lawyer (H.B. Warner) and his gang out of the milk business'. The film was directed by Arthur Dreifuss.
One key difference of this film to a present film is the narrative a 'gang' today is very different to a gang in the 1940s, they would not target a milk business. The poster is looks painted rather then using photos and manipulating them to create a poster. -
1950s
12 angry men was directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is about an inner city teen is sentenced to death after being accused of committing a murder. 2 members of the jury must deliberate. The film was released in April 1957 it is 1hr and 36m long which is much longer then the 1940s film. This film has a trailer where as The boss of big town does not, this shows the development of film marketing.once again this poster is much more artistic and does not use photos of the characters. -
1970s
Rocky was released on 1 January 1977. Rocky is a very well known film and became a franchise. The budget on the film was 1.1 million USD. The film was directed by John G. Avildsen the film is 2hrs 2mins -
1990s
Forest Gump was directed by Robert Zemeckis it is 2hrs and 20 mins long. it has an Academy Award for Best Picture and is still e very popular film to this day. Forest is played by the very well known actor Tom Hanks who's name if featured on the poster in very large text as is a strong selling point. The poster is a photo of the character sitting on a bench it is a much more simplistic poster which reflects that Forrest is a simple man. -
2000s
Cast away was released 12 January 2001 and once again features tom hanks. This film was also directed by Robert Zemeckis.The poster once again features tom hanks and the title of the film.