Class #5.
October 9
Studying tv and intro to US broadcasting policy
Chapter 2 in TV reader
Radio
Started as 'wireless telegraphy'
Numerous inventors created the various technologies that made radio possible
Used by the military before and during world war 1
Fo ex british developed a publically radio bbc then television â¦this was the first broadcastingâ¦
US radio develoed by prvt sector
Telegraph used wires than over the years it developed without wires
First radio was a system of2 way communication
During ww1 it ws imp for communication; communicating demands
1920's selling radio recievers ..rather than using it to communicate they hit on the idea to have ppl listen
nature of radio itself changed
at the same time they realized they could sell more radios thus resulting 'air time' selling air time to commecials= making money
inexpensive way to communicate
1920's selling reciveers and air time was vital at this time
Radio
amateur and commercial broadcasters compete for control of the airwaves in the 1920;s
congress to have power
the idea that government shpuld regulate the behavior of individuals and institutions such as corporations.
Film poster for Flying Leathernecks - Copyright 19...
English: Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of modern t...
Film poster for Port Sinister - Copyright 1953, RK...Govt needed to come regulate there behavious "anti trust act in 1980' idea behind prohibition ⦠that ppl coudnt control the intake of alcohol .. (the crime filem scar face)â¦attempt to regulate radio ppl
Limit power of individuals
Forming two biggest network NBC & CBS (dominated in the 1930's)
Nbc - lead to ABC by 1940 there was three networks
Three dominated from 1941-1970's.
Radio and television dominated by corporations by sony
Documentary film - invention of television
Big dreams, small screens (1997)
Part of PBS amrican expe4rience series
Tell the story of philo t. farnswaroth
Philo t Farnsworth ; affected change, the genious that transformed electrons to visions
Invention of television
American original
Sending pictures over air
RCA Television 1939 ; television making its public announcement ; adding video and sound to radio
Forgot Farnsworth and credit went to the Russian man with the name starting with 'S' â¦Farnsworth became an alcoholic at 30
Oct 1939 Sarnoff admitted to thief â¦RCA history royalty was paid to an outside inventor
Farnsworth never acceptd defeat although all his dreams were falling apart; devoted life to nuclear fusion for world energy but it burnt down
Finally got recognition when there was a statue in Utah and Washington DC
Farnsworth was an outsider, romance with â¦.
Case study (last week)
Hollywood and Latin America
The Monroe doctrine (1823)
Regular armed intervention in Latin America to protest US interests
Not the same as Europeans style colonialism
1932 Roosevelt; policy wsant working, film industy was under threat by latin America because they were using negative stereotypes about Hispanics (racism/steretypes)
policy was clled "the good neighbor policy' (1933-1945)
The Good Neighbor Policy (1933- 1945)
The Roosevelt Administration's attempt to reject the interventionism of previous US governments
Emphasis on trade and diplomacy
Almost immediate US withdrawl of troops from Nicaragua and Haiti
OCIAA
Offica of the Coordinatior of Inter-American Affairs created in 1940
Run by Nelson Rockefeller (part owner of RKO)
Motion picture society for the americans (MPSA)
RKO sent best director to do a documentary that wasn't finishedâ¦just bits and pieces
Make animated film as well to amend the relationship â¦bringing the culture,
Saludos Amigos (1942) animated film ; successful in box office (walt Disney) mixing two genre; short film & documentary
is a 1942 animated feature package film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
FIRST TEST.
Last 5 classes
Format; 90 mins, 3 topics covered in course, chose one write essay
Intergrate readings, lecture, movies
Ex. What did the early movie industry look like
Ex. Early films comparison
Ex sunrise, stage couch, scarface (talk about it as a genre film)
Scarface - talk only about scarface nothing extra =
Readings 6 chapters
3 readings from film reader
chpt 2 from tv reader
covered about a dozen; only chosing 3