2. HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD
• Hollywood is a district in the central region
of Los Angeles, California, in the United
States.
• It is notable for its place as the home of the
entertainment industry, including several of
its historic studios. Its name has come to be a
metonym for the motion industry of the
United States. Hollywood is also a highly
ethnically diverse, densely populated,
economically diverse neighborhood and
retail business district.
3. HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD
• Hollywood was a small community in
1870 and was incorporated as a
municipality in 1903.It officially merged
with the city of Los Angeles in 1910, and
soon thereafter a prominent film industry
began to emerge, eventually becoming the
most dominant and recognized in the
world.
4. Genres
• Martin Loop contends that Hollywood
films are not pure genres, because most
Hollywood movies blend the love-oriented
plot of the romance genre with
other genres.
• Hollywood films have been influenced by
the trend towards "ironic hybridization",
in which directors combine elements
from different genres as with the
Western/Science fiction mix in Back to
the Future Part III
5. BUDGETS
• Depending on the genre of the film, the
size of the studio or distributor releasing
the film, and the time of year that the
film will be released, marketing costs
may run from $1 million to $20-30
million, or more.
