Hollywood Film Design For Living

In the reading, Violence in Movies: Cinematic Craft or Hollywood Gone Too Far?, the response that states "Point: Hollywood, Stop Exposing Our Kids to Violence" is more persuasive than "Counterpoint: Hollywood Filmmakers Should Not be Villainized for Movie Violence" because it provides better-supported facts that are reliable and credible. The "Point" response explains how violence in movies has become very excessive and is allowing children to act out and think it is okay because of what they see on TV. While, the "Counterpoint" response explains how Hollywood filmmakers should not be punished for their creative writing and that parents should monitor their kids and decide whether or not they should be watching it.

From an early age I have always had a strong interest in art, and have been involved with it in some form all through my life. When I turned 15 I realised that it was something that I might like to pursue as a career, I started taking it more seriously. At the same time, I gained interest in film production because I find the behind the scenes of films are amazing as I found this out when I was watching one the behind the scene documentary of my two favorite movies and directed by two of my favorite directors in the film industry which are Goodfellas by Alfonso Cuarón and Children of Men by Martin Scorsese. The specific parts in this course that interest me are the cinematography and the editing process. In my spare time I like to film and edit short videos, either scripted or just finding video clips I have to match up to a song.

How are we made aware of the filmmaker's attitude towards change? Refer to three specific episodes from the film. (excl. concl. stages)In Pleasantville, the filmmaker, Gary Ross, conveys his attitude towards change through the characters of David and Jennifer who are transported into the 1950s sitcom "Pleasantville". He doesn't necessarily demonstrate change to bear a positive result; rather, he addresses that change is essential to the development of society and self and that it is important to understand and accept change. Ross contrasts the ignorance and mindlessness of the unchanged people of Pleasantville with the hunger for knowledge that the changed (or coloured) people possess, communicating to the viewer that change and knowledge

Hollywood cinema is primarily subjected to telling stories. The inclination of Hollywood narratives comes not just from good chronicles but from good story telling. The following essay will discuss Hollywood’s commercial aesthetic as applied to storytelling, expand on the characteristics of the “principles of classical film narration” and evaluate alternative modes of narration and other deviations from the classical mode.

The early 1970’s was marked with fervent political activists and the commercialized introduction of TV sets in middle-class homes, catalyzing a shift in politics, power, and media. Consequently, films such as Rocky and Breakfast at Tiffany’s began to emulate and reproduce the idea of docile women and macho men through repetitive socialization. Within UCSB’s art exhibit, Westmore: Making Faces for Film, the artifacts center on the well-renowned Westmore family during the 60’s and 70’s and their accomplishments in prosthetics and beauty makeup during the “American New Wave.” Aside from the representation of the overtly feminine Audrey Hepburn and the masculine heterosexual identity of Sylvester Stallone, there is a blatant misrepresentation of

1. I like this because it has thesis statement, strong three supporting details, and reliable evidence. This essay is very effective that state his position strongly, “it is their social responsibility to avoid stereotyping ethnic characters because they are harming society by exploiting racial stereotypes, undermining ethnic groups, and the fact that they are very influential.” The writer express his opinion well in this essay, especially, I liked he used the statistic facts to provide the evidence of how much Hollywood is influential to people.

There are many changes that occur as the adult ages. Some of the transitions that occur are from parent to grandparent, from working to retirement, from being married to being a widower. One of the first changes that occur is with parenting. The roles of the older adult now are not the same as they once were. Parents are depending less on their children and being a grandparent involves less than before.

Compared to primary and secondary sources, films extend different understandings of issues within the war by providing visual insight on the war’s atmosphere. World War Two was the first conflict in which films were used as mass propaganda to boost support for the war. As a result of the obvious political tensions between Nazism and democracy, states used films to glorify their respective political ideologies in the eyes of their citizens in order to boost support for their efforts. Since propaganda was an integral tool of states during the war years, it is interesting to analyze and visualize the distinct ways each nation portrayed the enemy. The first film studied was The Lion has Wings directed by Alexander Corda in 1939.

For my film project for exam #1 of FEA 205, I chose to emulate the era of film during its earliest years, from the 1880s to 1904. The specific timeframe which my film project covers is the period of film production following the construction and completion of Thomas Edison and W. K. L. Dickson’s production studio (adjacent to Edison’s New Jersey laboratory) on January 1893, named the Black Maria (Thompson, Bordwell 7). Being an emulation of this specific period, my film reel would have been shot right inside the Black Maria studio. My film contains various clips of comedic performances including a conductor who performs

Intentions of the film maker is to be as committed and devoted as possible. A film maker does not only want to expose what is important to the world and influence what we a the viewers should watch and learn. It may cause people to take in new learned information that us people who are not documenters overlook many things in the world. The filmmakers who create documentaries are the ones trying to make a difference not just make money but impact someones life to think differently and in a new way. The intentions of a film maker may not always go that way. Things can change along the way. As the public seeing on the cover of the dvd “this is a documentary” the people viewing it will expect it to tell nothing but the truth. Documentaries can

My entire life I have been fascinated with film and commercials. As a kid, I would stop what I was doing to watch a commercial. This has not changed through the years. My goal in life is to work in the film industry and work with video. This may have developed from my brother’s short term love for the video arts. Like most little brothers I followed in his footsteps through a lot of things and most of them would not stick. As I grew older I developed my own different ideals and likes. But, video just stuck with me. Even if film production doesn’t work out I have always had a childlike excitement for fighting fires. Being the person to save the day is something that everybody wants to do, but not everyone peruses this dangerous career.

The film industry has continuously changed since its inception due to rapid technology advancements. Camera technology has been a key factor that has influenced the growth of filmmaking. The first motion picture in the world was produced in the early 1880s, and the first public screening occurred ten years later. It didn’t take long for the quality of films to improve as new filmmaking equipment emerged. Ever since the first movie was produced, the film industry has been continuously changing in response to emerging filmmaking technology. Introduction of digital photography and digital data storage along with the development of internet significantly influenced the film industry (Barsam, 2015). These technologies contributed

This week’s journal I decided to write about the American Beauty and how it uses the cinematography techniques to set the mood. For example, one of the ones I noticed in the first twenty minutes into the film was the lighting which, sets the mood and importance in the film. Another, one in the film that I noticed was the camera angles and the color. These two had a way of setting the overall theme and importance of what the film was about. For instance, setting a specific angle in on the mother and cleaning the house and how important it is to her to sell the house. All of these are techniques used in cinematography to make the film understandable to the audience as well as to get the purpose of the film. Therefore, I will provide an example of all of those techniques used to show the emphasis in setting the mood in the film.

Every so often a movie is released with such tense anticipation and glamorous visual art that the public is drawn to this dramatic rendition of life in the theatre. For even just two hours or so, you are put into a different lifestyle. Action, drama or comedy it may be. We are thrust into a different way of thinking. We are forced to learn the characters thoughts and feelings. The hard work and artistic skill that goes into these magnificent films is not an easy thing to mimic. Out of the thousands of movies released worldwide each year only a handful are truly worthy of the label film art. Most of the great movies are either produced by a multi million dollar

Imagine hearing your alarm clock start to buzz and you turn to look at the clock, the time reads 4am. You get up, have a quick breakfast, and get dressed for work. By the time you end up back at home it is around 11pm-12am and you are exhausted but have to do the same thing over in the morning. This lifestyle is quite normal for people working in film production and this schedule is typical to last over a three-month period. Although film production is an exhausting profession it can be very rewarding in itself. Film is an art form and producers make a generous living on the wages if done correctly.