Heneral Luna ("General Luna") is a 2015 Filipino historical biopic film depicting General Antonio Luna's leadership of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine-American War. It opens with the beginning of hostilities with the American colonizers, and ends with the assassination of Luna on June 5, 1899 - a period in which Luna served as Supreme Chief of the Army under the First Philippine Republic. Directed by Jerrold Tarog and produced by Artikulo Uno Productions, the film received
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of ups and downs in terms of its revenue. When major movies are released and do well IMAX tends to rise with it, but not every movie can be an IMAX release since IMAX does not own the rights tow those movies and when it misses major movies or they perform poorly IMAX falls. Another challenge is converting movies after the fact into IMAX format. This is costly and the movie has already been released eating into the potential market for it. That being said there are many opportunities as well. The ability
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The Talkies And The Silent Era Have you ever seen a movie that made you think for a while on how they made it or how long did it take from the actors, directors, and the film crew time and energy to produce a movie with its various components? Or how much money it is spent to get movie essentials such as cameras, microphone, and computers, to only produce one movie? Producing even one film takes a great deal of thinking, energy, time, and money. Despite these costs, the film industry has been profitable
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to more liberal attitudes toward social order as well as an acceptance of violence and sex on-screen (Lule, 2012). More films were produced to specifically shape the viewpoints of the audience once filmmakers took notice. The movie “Super-Size Me” is one example of a movie produced specifically to alter perceptions of society. Television provided a source of at home visual entertainment beginning in the 1950s. Initially, television was a family oriented activity with programming such as “Leave
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significant. Along with the changes in the content and the way moves are made so has the movie ratings have changed over the last 30 years. The standards on what children are allowed to see have been relaxed a PG twenty years ago and a PG today are different. The culture of our country has changed and so has the standards in which the movies and rating viewed. In the early 1900s, filmmakers had to tailor their movie to the requirements of more than 40 local, city and state censorship boards across
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new title. This shortened window has alsoconvinced some to forego the theater entirely, as there are many titles that they are willing towait for. Expanding this problem is the fact that the avenues a person can take to see thesemovies has increased. No longer is the local video store the only place to rent a new film; rather,it hardly seems a viable option anymore, with many shutting their doors due to lack of business.Netflix, Hulu, Amazon...the list of legitimate businesses that are operating
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Film chain: Production: What are the stages in producing a film? Film production consists of: Development: Where a story line is selected, getting inspiration from either books, magazines and newspapers, or getting ideas from true stories or dreams. A screen writer then writes a screen play over a period of months. This screen play may be edited throughout this stage in order to improve structure. The producer and screen writer prepare a film pitch. If the pitch is successful, it get a green
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Guardians of the Galaxy Of all the Summer blockbusters released in 2014, “Guardians” was definitely a standout. Marvel's most bizzare and "out-there” film yet might as well be its most entertaining since "The Avengers". With its brilliant stylistic James Gunn flavor, an unforgettable group of characters, an irresistible soundtrack, and plenty of heart, “Guardians” takes 2014’s solid year of blockbusters to infinity and beyond. The Grand Budapest Hotel There is no filmmaker out there quite like
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The first time I saw The Rocky Horror Picture Show movie was my freshman year of high school. Ever since then, I had wanted to see a live performance of the show or to go to a screening of the movie. When I heard it was coming to The Warehouse, I was really excited to see it. Most of my friends went to the student preview show before the show premiered, but I decided to wait. I finally saw the show in its closing weekend, and overall I enjoyed it. It was fast paced and the audience was exuberant
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Australian film started off with a bang in 1906 with its first feature film, The Story of the Kelly Gang written and direction by the notorious Tait Brothers. Since the Australia film industry’s beginnings in 1906*there are been a number of prominent genres that have emerged in correlation with eras, events and people that show how Australia . The first prominent genre that emerged was the Aboriginal narrative during the 1950’s where the Australian public began to question the division between the
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