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Hollywood is a very powerful modern day institution, where a star's image can characterize, shape and circulate societal myths and ideologies. The construction of a star's image as a commodity of their societal myths and ideologies has the extraordinary power to exert messages so that even the smallest details become significant yet not overtly obvious. How a star's image is produced and then consumed can justify a society's relationship with that image and therefore aid in explaining the social construction of what society deems as their 'reality'. A star's image is created through a range of representations churned out by Hollywood. Capitalism from the commercialization of these images has made Hollywood the dominant force it is

Movies have the ability to transport people to different times and places and distract them from ordinary everyday reality. They allow for a range of emotions to be experienced. At their core, movies examine the human condition. There are plenty of deeper truths woven into screenplays and plenty of lessons to be learned, even when an individual is solely seeking entertainment.

Although the best reasons for “going to the movies” are to be entertained and eat popcorn, understanding a film is actually quite complex. Movies are not only a reflection of life, they also have the capability of shaping our norms, values, attitudes, and perception of life. Through the media of film, one can find stories of practically anything imaginable and some things unimaginable. Movie-makers use their art to entertain, to promote political agendas, to educate, and to present life as it is, was, or could be. They can present truth, truth as they interpret it, or simply ignore truth altogether. A movie can be a work of fiction, non-fiction, or anything in-between. A film is an artist’s interpretation. What one takes away from a film depends upon how one interprets what has been seen and heard. Understanding film is indeed difficult.

A criticism made by Adorno and Horkheimer that is still relevant to the modern movie industry is the criticism that “the people at the top are no longer so interested in concealing monopoly…Movies and radio need no longer pretend to be art” (Adorno and Horkheimer). The modern movie industry is an industry of commodities in sense, what this means is that the movies produced today are produced simply as means for profit and not as form of art. As Adorno and Horkheimer stated “the movie-makers distrust any manuscript which is not reassuringly backed by a bestseller” (Adorno and Horkheimer) this attitude can be seen by simply observing the Avengers, Spider-man and Transformers franchises. These types of movies are given top priority at movie studios simply because they are movies with large target audiences and the movie studios know that they will bring in mass amounts of profits. These types of movies often lack substance of any kind for example take the Avengers franchise, the movie itself has very little plot or characterization but it is still produced over and over again because it is a source of revenue. This is an example of how new media technologies how what Adorno and Horkheimer mean by when they say art is becoming a commodity (Adorno and Horkheimer). Another criticism found within

“The biggest mistake we have made is to consider that films are primarily a form of entertainment. The film is the greatest medium since the invention of movable type for exchanging ideas and information, and it is no more at its best in light entertainment than literature is at its best in the light novel.” - Orson Welles

As a young owlet, Soren would never have imagined that he would be stolen and set on a treacherous journey to escape. Nor would he think about using this as an advantage to save other young owlets. In The Capture by Kathryn Lasky, Soren is put through many hardships but overcomes them to prove he is a true legend and hero.

The protagonist of the story is Kenny Watson, he is the narrator of the book. Kenny is smart because he can read upside down at a higher level that his classmates [page24]. Kenny is gullible, because he falls for his older brother’s tricks. Kenny’s older brother convinced him that Winnie the Pooh had an evil twin named the Wool Pooh. kenny is also sensitive, because he cried when he hugged Grandma Sands [page 157]. One antagonist in the story is Larry Dunn. Larry Dunn is a bully who makes fun of kenny for his lazy eye [page 57]. Larry Dunn is violent because his signature move is the white wash. The white wash is where Larry pushes someone face first in the snow and goes through all the

The Creature in the novel is represented as the under class of society, due to the fact that he has no place to call home, and is thus portrayed as a fringe dweller forced;

The main antagonist of the story is Jack Merridew. He is proven to be an angry, cruel boy from the very beginning, this is shown through his snarky comments and uncaring of others.

     Throughout the story the Protagonist demonstrates a very unbalanced relationship with her family members. She feels intimidated by the world around her and turns her lack of knowledge into knowledge by controlling and influencing her younger brother Laird. She does so by telling him stories and exposing him to experiences she claims to be familiar with. In her later years her relationship with her brother becomes strong as they both realize they can benefit from each other’s experiences and differences. As a child the Protagonist viewed her father as God-like because he had control and organization over the lives and deaths of the foxes. In essence he became her hero as she admired his control over the animals. In her future relationship with her father she came to see that he was simply a business man and she made a great attempt to form a deeper relationship with her father. As she began to understand he was simply human and was no longer fearful of him. Her relationship with

    Film and literature are two media forms that are so closely related, that we often forget there is a distinction between them. We often just view the movie as an extension of the book because most movies are based on novels or short stories. Because we are accustomed to this sequence of production, first the novel, then the motion picture, we often find ourselves making value judgments about a movie, based upon our feelings on the novel. It is this overlapping of the creative processes that prevents us from seeing movies as distinct and separate art forms from the novels they are based on.

The producers will develop a test and the audience will tell the producers whether it is something they want to see or they are not going to see. This can affect the next text to be produced in an attempt to conform to the audience demands. Looking at the development of different types of genres and the development of films within the same genre, it’s possible to look at similarities and differences and identify changes in society and audience ideologies and tastes.

The film industry has always been somewhat of a dichotomy. Grounded firmly in both the worlds of art and business the balance of artistic expression and commercialization has been an issue throughout the history of filmmaking. The distinction of these two differing goals and the fact that neither has truly won out over the other in the span of the industry's existence, demonstrates a lot of information about the nature of capitalism.

The costs, methods of distribution, and themes of Hollywood and Nollywood films reflect strongly their target audiences; how the target audience affects the production of a film and how the production of a movie is designed to capture a specific

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