Saturday Night Live

Whats the big deal with...

Saturday Night Live goes all the way back to 1975. It has been running and becoming more and more popular since.





This unique and clever tv show has featured 132 different people. Some of the stars are Eddie Murphy, Will Ferrel, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and so many more.

Not only has it featured actors but musicians and guest hosts who have spread their fame from there.

Surprisingly it has generated 11 feature films. Two of those films have become cultural phenomena themselves: "Waynes World" and "Blues Brothers"!




Saturday Night Live have played many different episodes! from the classics to new creative ideas.
One of my favorite is "we need more cowbell"!

 

::Movies Will Survive::

When movies were just starting off and they were getting their foothold in peoples lives they used many different tactics and new technology to continue to surprise and impress. Some of these tactics were widescreen, 3-D, color, and drive-ins.

The use of widescreen really went viral as it enhances video quality and gives you more of the picture. Some examples of this are cinemascope and cinerama.










Cinerama is taken from a panarama kind of view.








3-D really hit the ground running with its high performace technology. Until then nothing like 3-D has ever been invented. It was a brand new thing and the people loved it.











Drive-Ins were started in 1933 but in 1940s is when it took off with 100 drive-ins. The number soon rocketed through the roof with more than 2000 drive-in theaters in the 50's. They were a crave and not only a theater but a culture. 

::Movies Begin to Talk::

Until now movies have been in black and white and with no talking. After the huge leap to install both plug-ins the movie industry has been continuing to improve and becoming more and more popular. When all this new stuff were just coming out there were 3 main genres, musical, gangster, and horror.

The movie industry also came out with a double feature. What this means is that they would have a big name movie then a 'b-movie'. A 'b-movie' is a feature film with a lower budget and not as popular. They did this to get the audience to grow because they were now getting two movie for the price of one.

This also gave some stars a place to start and finish their acting career. Warner Baxter and Richard Dix finished off there career staring in 'b-movies'. Both of these men were Oscar Winners.

::Without Saying a Word::

Legends of motion picture sometimes get looked over because its not the style of the present day. The silent theme of it have lost the foothold on movies. But if we look over these legends of the past, how would we know how we got to where we are today. If it wasn't for them we would not be where we are in the movie world. Actors have come a long way.

 

 

Charlie Chaplin, Florence Lawrence, Mary Pickford, Tom Mix and Rudolph Valentino have changed to Johnny Depp, Zoey Deschanel, Tom Cruise, Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Many of these old characters have set the tone of acting.

 

Charlie Chaplin is the most common known for he set the stage with his character called "The Tramp". Instead of him being just an actor and everyone just tell him what to do but, he had enough power to write, direct, produce and even own the rights to the movie. He was the first international star and in 5 years he went from $150 a week to a million dollars per year.

(His first feature called, "The Kid")

 

He did all these things with out even saying a word. It was just him, his wit, and that nice mustache of his that made him so well known and popular.