...America’s top favorite pass times; and no movie-going experience would be complete without the accompanying sound tracks. The music in movies often heightens the suspense and deepens the drama. The right background music can make us fall in love with a character, be terrified of the villain, or even adore an unlikely hero. Starting with Silent films and continuing until today, music has been an important part in the movie industry. In the beginning, movies had no sound and eventually the studios figured out they needed something for their movies to be more entertaining. Very quickly they figured out music would supplement and go along well with the action on the screen. Music has always been able to affect people emotionally, so it made a perfect accompaniment for movies. In the early theaters, pianos quickly became a well-recognized fixture. Organs quickly followed and music became a permanent part of the movie-going experience. At first, it was up to musicians to choose what music they would play during the films; but the music still didn’t have a true designated purpose, other than used as filler. Eventually the studios began producing music for the musicians that was more suitable for the film. The music became more and more specialized based on what the studio wanted, until music was specifically written for each film. In fact, Charlie Chaplin composed his own music for some of his films. This was the standard in movie theaters throughout America until the...
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...The three significant forms of visual entertainment media that have shaped our culture are movies, television and video games. These three have been a staple or lifestyle in almost every American household. Movies have been around since the early twentieth century. At that time it was the most popular form of entertainment. This continued until the fifties when television was starting to make its place in American homes. As television sets became more popular and more affordable, movie theaters started to feel the impact, with the loss of patrons. In order to compete against television, movie producers had to become more creative. As technology started to advance, many producers started using this as a method to attract more people and stem the tide of lost revenue. As production costs continued to rise, a majority of film companies stopped making so many low budget films. It seems that each producer wanted to create an epoch production, which in general was quite expensive. This allowed their latest efforts to spend more time in development. Television was founded around 1920. It wasn’t until after world war two that it gained acceptance. Television grew dramatically in the fifties as both availability and affordability became commonplace. Color television became the boon of the sixties, although in the fifties certain programs and movies were developed in color. The seventies and eighties saw the development of both cable and satellite transmission...
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...time movies were the most popular form of entertainment. Movie theaters continued to be the go to form of entertainment until the fifties, when the television came to be. Televisions sets grew in popularity due to their affordability and as a result movie theaters felt the blow. Movie producers had to become more creative in order to compete with televisions. Technology continued to progress and the movie industry used this to their advantage. Production costs for the films began to rise and as a result the movie industry stopped making low budget films. Every producer wanted to outdo the next and make the next big thriller. This allowed them to spend more on their efforts. The invention of the television was founded in 1920 but it was not granted acceptance until after World War II. Television programing grew rapidly in the 1950’s due to funding and it became commonplace. In the sixties color television began to arise although in the fifties shows were produced in color. Eighties and nineties gave life to cable and the beginning of satellite transmissions. The huge boom in the late twentieth century placed these forms of broadcasting in 3 out of 4 homes nationwide. With the press of a button, the largest number of channels and endless variety of programming became available. The use of cable television in conjunction with DVD players in the household, as well as, the ability to download movies from the Internet hurt movie theaters even more and...
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...who liked the convenience of home delivery, bargain hunters who were enthused about being able to watch many movies for an economical monthly price, and movie buffs who wanted access to a very wide selection of films. SWOT Analysis Strength: * Netflix is the world’s largest subscription service for streaming movies. It had attracted 14 million subscribers as of April 2010. * Netflix has the fastest delivery time compare with any other online DVD rental companies. As of 2010, additional improvement in Netflix’s distribution and shipping network had result in one-business-day delivery capability for 98 percent of Netflix’s subscribers * Netflix has no late fees and no due dates which eliminated the hassle of getting DVDs back to local rental stores by the designated due date * Netflix had been highly rated in online retail customer satisfaction by Nielsen Online and ForeSee/FGI Research. Weaknesses: * Netflix accesses only to internet users * Subscriber cancellations are increasing from 3,113,000 in 2006 to 6,444,000 in 2009. (To grow its subscriber base, Netflix should attract new subscribers as well as avoided cancellation.) Opportunities: * As the result of growing demand of streaming video, online movie rental is rising. Netflix has a large capacity to attract more subscribers. * Expansion into foreign markets * Price for...
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...Western Movie Graphics vs. Today’s Graphics Ashford University Vicky Roach Starbuck Social Problems SOC203 Instructor Gina Rollings April 4, 2011 Western movies have been around since the beginning of cinematic history in the US. They are no longer the most common nor the most popular movies presented to audiences. However, they still hold a special spot for those who love adventure and larger than life heroes. Stick around and learn more about the history of western movies and the producers and actors that have created them. Before western films became popular with movie going fans, western books and shows blazed the trail, whetting the appetite of millions for adventure. Although life in the early west was harsh, novels began proliferating in the 1860's which presented a more ideal or glamorized version of the experience. Real-life characters such as William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") and James Butler Hickok ("Wild Bill" Hickok) as well as a number of fictional characters were extremely popular. While many early western movies told moral tales of good triumphing over evil and men fighting for a righteous cause some were also comedies and others merely action packed showcases for their smart horses and talented "cowboy" actors. Films like "Custer’s Last Fight" in 1912, "On the Night Stage" in 1914, "Hell's Hinges" in 1916, and "Tumbleweeds" in 1925 were well received. Certainly films about the west have focused on cowboys, gunslingers,...
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...include octopuses, spiders, and pythons. They say his home and studio looks like something you would see in a horror movie or fear factor. Although people may find this strange, it is what inspired him over the years. (Gibson) Originating from Salem, Massachusetts, Kyle Cooper was born in 1962 on the month of July. He started his design career studying at the University of Massachusetts Amherst studying interior architecture, not exactly what you would expect from a title sequence designer. Soon...
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...2007, the Cinemaplex had a total of $9.63 billion. That is a full 5 percent above the record set in 2006. That is an astonishing 1.4 billion tickets were sold in 2007. However beyond the headlines, the industrys a study in contradictions although the number of theatres is in a decline, the number of screens is at an all-time rise. The revenues are high, but the attendance is ultimately flat-1.4 billion tickets were sold had rarely improved from 1997. In 1997, 1.35 billion tickets were sold, that is a fraction of the 4 billion tickets that were sold in 1946. In 1946, the average person would attend twenty-eight films a year compared to today; the average person today would attend only six films a year. With the United States population continuing to grow, the market size in the core demographic group is slowly growing. Americans tend to spend more time on entertainment than ever before-spending an average 3,500 hours annually-however only twelve of those hours are spent at the Cinemaplex. Every three days, the average person watches more television. Movies still remain popular as they always have but the opportunities for viewing outside the theatre has indeed increased greatly. The motion picture studios had increased their revenues through product DVD sales, product licensing, and global expansion. The exhibitors on the other hand, have seen their business in a decline. Nowadays, movies are more available than ever before and fewer people are venturing out to the theatres to...
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...Jade Zayas Intro to World Mythology Final Paper 05/07/2012 O Brother, Where Art Thou? vs. The Odyssey When it comes to entertainment and box office hit movie making, it is not uncommon to come across films adapted from popular literature. Taking a story that is popular and well-known is a formula for a successful film, as long as it is done the right way. The Coen Brothers, famous for successful films such as “Fargo” and “The Big Lebowski,” made a movie together entitled “O Brother, Where Art Thou.” This film, while unique in its setting and a little bit different in the plot, is clearly an adaptation of the ancient classic poem “The Odyssey” by the poet Homer. Even a review by the renowned film critic Roger Ebert states: “O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a Homeric journey through Mississippi during the Depression (Ebert, Roger 2000).” The film itself depicts the obstacles and fate of a man during the Great Depression who escapes from jail and whose only goal is to make it back home. The struggles he and his fellow escapees meet along the way are strikingly similar to the perils that face Odysseus and his men on their mission to get back to Ithaca. Also, the character references in the film that parallel the characters in the epic poem are abundant. The film is almost a modern homage to the ancient poem in all the different ways it emulates “The Odyssey.” To fully understand all of the different ways the film relates to the poem, it is important to establish the character...
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...to charitable organizations including schools, they both begin in an everyday family and grew to superstardom, and both have been on the movie screen rather it was producer like Oprah or a voice in a movie like Ellen (Jancelewicz, 2013). The report showed how Ellen was not above Oprah on the ratings and...
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...There are even more action film series such as Die Hard, Rambo, James Bond and Underworld. The movie I have chosen to suit this genre is the action RED: Retired and Extremely Dangerous In 1920’s and 1930’s, action films were often about swashbuckling heroes, involving a damsel in distress and featured a romantic element such as the 1920 silent film The Mark of Zorro. The 1940’s incorporated war and western action films including the 1955 war story The Colditz Story. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock re-invented the spy-action genre with his film North by Northwest and introduced action-orientated set pieces with the crop duster scene and the finale on Mount Rushmore. This film, North by Northwest, helped inspire producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman film their own spy-adventure film. James Bond, inspired by Ian Fleming’s novels, took the world by storm and is still used today. James Bond introduced some of the common elements and features of an action film that are still used today. In the 1970’s, gritty detective stories and urban crime drama’s led to a number of police officer films. Asian martial-arts themed movies also appeared including Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon. Also popularized by the cross of martial arts and cops and robbers, Chuck Norris entered with films like the 1977 Good Guys Wear Black. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas then introduced us to Indiana Jones, continuing with the James Bond inspired hero. In 1982, the first ‘Buddy Cop’ film, 48hrs, came out. ...
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...portray Joan of Arc as patriotic and devout to her religion, the portrayal of Joan of Arc was more warrior like and hallucinogenic rather than patriotic and devout. In the beginning of the movie there is a scene were the young Joan of Arc finds a sword, and goes into an elaborate "vision" of soldiers riding on horses, and wolves roaming around in the forest. The lack of differentiation between Joan's visions and what was actually going on around her makes it seem as though she is having tactile hallucinations rather than visions from God. One also has to take into account that the director clearly depicts Joan of Arc being raised during war time, and because of this, what she sees in her "vision" can most easily be attributed to what she saw growing up daily. The war like portrayal of Joan of Arc comes in when the audience first sees Joan as an adult. In this scene, the king received her letter and it is revealed that she is writing to him in regards to gaining an army of men for herself so she can go into battle. Because of the earlier portrayal of Joan and her visions, this scene came across as Joan wanting to push her own agenda, rather than fulfill her visions purpose. The portrayal of Joan of Arc leads into the relevant themes throughout the movie. Joan's sanity is a continuing theme throughout the film, most obviously seen when she has her visions. Watching the scenes in modern day, it is obvious that...
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...Harry potter. A famously known book and movie series that made more than 450 million copies of the series and skyrocketed to over $7.7 billion in sales worldwide on screenplay. Yes, books are fascinating and we get emotionally involved with them, but once a great actor or actress is put into the film of a favorite book or the phenomenal directors and filmmakers are used, it’s game over. You can not put into words the emotional connection that is made when watching a film. While reading and watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the director Milos Forman brilliantly allows us to feel everything the patients are feeling by portraying them all differently while having one thing in common: insanity. The film is superior to the novel because...
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...BMW Case Analysis BMW Films Case Analysis Statement / Cause of the Problem The critical problems that seem to be facing BMW in the case are that BMW needs to continue to find ways to continue being the number one luxury import in the United States and continue to find ways to stand out amongst all the other luxury car competitors in the market with their innovative advertising campaigns. It has become increasingly harder and harder for BMW because of how many competitors have emerged in the market, thus making it diluted and making BMW struggle to find the right identity for marketing. Brands like Acura and Lexus have appeared as luxury cars but ones that are affordable and come with many more specs that BMW would charge their customers extra for. These affordable luxury cars, especially Lexus, pushed their way ahead of BMW because they were giving their consumers the message that everyone could have a great looking luxury car without having to drain your wallet or run up your debt. This message made cars like Lexus incredibly popular amongst consumers and caused Lexus to become the number one luxury import in the United States in 1992. Not only were affordable luxury cars a problem for BMW, but their brand image seemed to take a turn for the worse. BMW cars were being seen as cars for middle aged men, as a status symbol, or just as a “yuppie machine”. Without attracting more youthful consumers to their product, BMW would surely fail. BMW needed to find ways to revive...
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...his significant other Scott Smith as his campaign director. Harvey Milk runs several times for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and finally wins. Milk became the first openly gay man to be selected in politics. I agree with this inspiring film on a gay activist with passion who came through showing the world it doesn’t matter who you are, become what you want. As I compared my life to the film, I realized I have a certain someone that goes through some of the same cruelty day to day. I grew up with a brother who came out when he was a sophomore. This was a big issue where I come from because my town is very stereotyped. I’m from a small town where if you were different from everyone else, you were very easily judged by everything you did. Therefore, it was a very difficult process for my family and I to accept. We all had to cope with the challenges that came along. As I continued to watch the movie, I saw several comparisons that related from Milk to my brother. They are both willing to keep fighting in any situation. My brother moved from our small town of about 2,000 to the city of Columbus. Now he interacts with other gays and fits within the community much better. He felt like such an embarrassment to my family because he was different...
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...appeal for big budget science fiction films with broad appeal to a mass audience. But it was Jaws (1975. Steven Spielberg) that really changed Hollywood at this point. Richard Ricket writes Both Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind became huge financial hits at the box office winning immense audience appeal with their large scale action sequences and show-stopping special effects, establishing the two directors as the new Hollywood. The phenomena of the ‘Event Movie’ alongside the huge advances in so many areas of Special Effects from the visual aesthetics now achievable in realistic creature design with strong performances and the ground breaking visions of Space in 2001: A Space Odyssey, Scott had all the tools to make his Alien...
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