In the 1930's how did the media differ in the making of To Kill a Mockingbird compared to today's movie-making?To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Filmmaking in the 1930s was much less technologically
advanced, of course, that in the 20nd and 21st centuries.  While there were some color
films at the end of the 30s,such as the 1939 The Wizard of Oz and
Gone With the Wind, nearly all were recorded with black and white
film.  In actuality, the technicolor was not the same as that of modern times:  a
special camera ran three strips of film--red,blue, and yellow.  When the three strips of
primary colors were consolidated, the resulting images were in full color, albeit rather
exaggerated, as they are in the above-mentioned
movies.

Because of the lack of technological advances,
movies were similar to the stage dramas from which they burgeoned.  Sets were created,
and actors delivered their lines much as they were delivered in theatres.  The
on-location films that lend realism and authenticity to films did not come about until
movie-making became extremely profitable.  And, method-acting in which the actor
"becomes" the character, assuming dialects, realistic mannerisms, his/her thoughts and
actions. also did not become de rigeur for actors until actors like
Marlon Brando adopted this style of acting taught by Lee Strasberg.  Strasberg's
students include many of the famous actors of the 20th century:  Montgomery Clift, James
Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, and Robert
de Niro, to name a few.

One significant difference between
the movies of the 1930s and those of modern times is in the endings.  The uplifting
ending was essential during such dismal times as the Great Depression when people
attended movies to escape their desperate lives.  Audiences desired the promise of a new
tomorrow in the movies, providing them a respite from their hardships for a least an
hour.

Of course, the Oscar-winning film version of
To Kill a Mockingbird starring Gregory Peck was made in
1962.  Using  black and white film to recreate the era of 1930s filmmaking, the movie
was set on location in Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville,
Alabama.