Hollywood started as an area where film studios settled in California. It became synonymous with the American film industry. Major studios like Paramount, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros established themselves in Hollywood, making it the dominant global film producer. While Hollywood produces many genres, it is considered a romance-oriented industry, with most films blending romance with other genres. One example of Hollywood's success is Titanic, which combined romance, drama, and was based on real events, grossing over $600 million despite a $200 million budget. Famous Hollywood directors include Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, and Robert Zemeckis, known for blockbuster films that rely on star power, production values

2. Hollywood: An Introduction
• Hollywood was originally the name
of the area where film studios
started settling down. Later on, it
became so associated with the Film
Industry that the Industry itself was
given the name.
• The gradual growth of many
industries, such as
Paramount, 20th Century
Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer and Warner Bros in that
area started established Hollywood
as the most dominant film Industry
in the world.

3. Genres and Classification
Although Hollywood boasts
of having dealt with all
sorts of genres such as
Action Films, Comedies,
Chick-Flicks, Adventure
Films and Dramatic
Films, it has been said
that the Industry is a
romance oriented one,
and that most films
blend the romance genre
with other sorts. A lot of
films being made in
Hollywood now, consist
of multiple genres.

4. Titanic
An example of the success
Hollywood has achieved, is the
movie Titanic (1997). A multi
genre film, which combined
romance with a bit of drama and
was based on real events; it was
destined to be a failure initially
with a budget of $200 million.
However, it proved critics wrong by
making a whopping revenue of
600.8 million and remains to be
the king of domestic box offices.

5. Some Notable Hollywood Directors
• Christopher Nolan: With an
experience of 15 years of Film
making, Nolan has worked on low-
budget independent films to
working on some of the biggest
blockbusters such as ‘The Dark
Knight’.
• Steven Spielberg: One of the most
influential directors, Steven
Spielberg is perhaps Hollywood's
best known director and one of the
wealthiest filmmakers in the world
with movies such as ‘Jurassic Park’
and ‘Jaws’ to his name.

6. • Tim Burton: With talent and originality
that have kept him at the top of the
Hollywood tree, he has directed
masterpieces such as ‘Batman’ and
‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.
Burton remains to be known as one of
the most creative and quirky directors in
Hollywood.
•Robert Zemeckis: A whiz-kid with
special effects, he remains to b e one of
the most well-known directors, having
directed films such as ‘Forrest Gump’
and ‘Back to the Future’. Steven
Spielberg has produced many of his
movies.

7. Hollywood and the Modern Cinema
From the 1950s onwards, American
films have become increasingly
divided into two
categories: Blockbusters and
Independent Films.
Studios have focused on relying on a
few extremely expensive films every
year in order to reap high profits. Such
blockbusters consist of star power,
high production values and CGI
(Computer-generated Imagery) all of
which provide to a huge budget. These
films rely upon star power, good
directing and large scale advertising to
attract audience.

8. Distribution of Hollywood Films to the
world
Due to globalization, the
United States government has
been promoting free trade
agendas and Hollywood has
become a world-wide cultural
source. The success on
Hollywood export markets can
be seen from the sudden
boom of American media
corporations across the globe,
and from the big budgeted
Hollywood films that are
widely known all over the
world.

9. Today, studios in Hollywood
collectively generate several
hundred movies every year,
making the United States one of
the most prolific and profitable
producers of films in the world.
People all over the world enjoy
watching and critiquing Hollywood
films, and there is no doubt that it
will continue to flourish as an
industry.