Film School Generation

The film school generation or more commonly known as the “New American Wave” is the generation in Hollywood films wherein new, young filmmakers came to prominence in America which influence the types of films produced. This generation of Hollywood filmmakers were film school-educated, and most importantly, young and able to reach the youth audience.

The documentary film about the film school generation of Hollywood filmmakers shows how they changed the way the Hollywood style of film evolved when this generation was introduced.

This generation of Hollywood film makers has the knowledge that a good film must be carefully planned and the action must be well executed in order to make every film memorable to its audience. It seems that they thoroughly make every sequence of the film efficient enough to captivate the audience attention. Some Hollywood directors make films for the sake of business and not an art. They usually do this in order to attract audience to watch their film.

Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and other filmmaker’s box office success films shows how to make money in a new environment. It is somewhat clear that this generation is money making meaning they learned how much money can be potentially made in films. As shown in the documentary film, Steven Spielberg said- for him film is not an art form rather it is a job because filmmakers like him consider the audience rather than personal matters.

It shows that mainstream films are into money making and the audience is their main consideration in making a film. It is somewhat related in today’s Hollywood mainstream films as they make films for the sake of money because most Hollywood films cost billion dollars.

The documentary films shows and reflect to us that making a film has a lot of things to be put into consideration and audience is really the main factor in making a Hollywood film.