10 Movies That Literally Had To Reinvent Filmmaking
These are some movies that had to be innovative, influencing modern blockbusters!
Since the emergence of film in the late 1800s, technology has been improving at a lightning-fast rate. This puts demands on film directors to adapt and take risks with their projects.
As a result, this has led to filmmaking evolving every decade, in many different aspects. Some filmmaking reinventions do not always provide the initial success, yet still provide a pivotal role in the evolving art of the industry.
We will explore 10 movies here which took huge production risks by reinventing filmmaking, and therefore impacting the film industry and blockbuster movies such as Avengers: Endgame, Frozen and Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker that we enjoy today.
10. Dracula (1931) Creates MCU Style Universe For Universal Monsters
Box-office films are currently dominated by movie franchises and shared universe crossovers. The most obvious examples of this success is the MCU and Star Wars. The idea of building a fictional world from movies generates fandom and excitement, which Disney is benefiting from both studio's success.
However, the concept of a shared universe is not new. Dracula was the first installment of the first cinematic universe, Universal Monsters. Before Dracula, films were self-contained products, rather than looking to build a collection of films involving recurring characters.
The idea of building a cinematic universe would have been a great risk due to the need for continuous success. However, this provided the capability to develop characters across multiple movies.
Universal Monsters spanned across ten movies, over a decade. With Dracula as the starting spot for the universe, it went onto include recognisable monsters such as Frankenstein's Monster and The Wolf Man. These films built a developed universe, which allowed a crossover in House of Dracula where Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and The Wolf Man came face to face.
Dracula and the following film instalments provided a new outlook on the longevity of a movie, which changed the film industry. Nowadays, cinemas are full of movies built into shared universes, Dracula and the Universal Monsters' franchise have provided a different outlook on filmmaking that has certainly influenced movies in the modern era.