Hollywood Industry - Film Making

Hollywood, based in L.A, Califonia has become the centre of industrial film making because of its vast area to work with. As Hollywood is based in America, the film team have many settings to use. They have buildings and offices on one side and for action/adventure shots they have a wide area of desert.
Also Hollywood have all the main stars, actors and actresses from Robert Di Niro to Judy Dench. Many of the young stars are going to be the centre of films in due course.
Not to forget about the directors and film editors. Big names like Steven Spielsberg, Martin Scorcese and David Lynch.

Americas way of making films is completely different to British Cinema as the US have the weather on their side because all shots need the perfect weather, Britain haven't got that and regularly have to pause filming just because its meant to sunny in the shot instead of raining.

Hollywood Cinema was founded by H.J.Whitley. He has been given an alternate name of 'The Father Of Hollywood'.
Filmmaking in the greater Los Angeles area preceded the establishment of filmmaking in Hollywood. The Biograph Company filmed the short film A Daring Hold-Up in Southern California in Los Angeles in 1906. The first studio in the Los Angeles area was established by the Selig Polyscope Company in Edendale, with construction beginning in August 1909.

The first studio in Hollywood was established by the New Jersey based Centaur Co, which wanted to make western films in California. They rented an unused roadhouse and converted it into a movie studio in 1911, calling it Nestor Studio after the name of the western branch of their company. The facility later became the Hollywood Film Laboratory, which is now called the Hollywood Digital Laboratory. The first feature film made specifically in a Hollywood studio, in 1914, was The Squaw Man. By 1915, the majority of American films were being produced in the LA.

Four major film companies in Hollywood:
-Paramount
-Warner Bros
-RKO
-Columbia

There were also several minor companies and rental studios which had there part in the Hollywood area.