The Current Status Quo Of Theatre

Films are a large part of our lives here in America where we depend on them to do when we’re bored with nothing to do, or when the snow or rain is falling. We all use movies as a common way to go on dates and be with friends. However, there has become an abundance amount of movies that we can all enjoy throughout our lives. Although not all movies are interesting to all viewers depending on their personality and what they like to watch. I can say for myself that a film that I really enjoy would be “Mean Girls”. In the two thousand four film “Mean Girls” there is a sense of entertainment that helps in combining all the aspects found in a classical film. Classical films having a entertaining and dramatic plot, and a excellent cast.

Although cinema is now a priority, some feel as if cinema is no longer the cinema when it was first established. Movies no longer have that special feeling like viewers once had. Today, films are not only shared within a theater, if one pleases they could always have the same experience elsewhere. Moreover, with technology expanding, it takes away the importance cinema once had. “The

The year is 1975, and the film industry's catalyst is Steven Spielberg's Jaws. Millions of people packed into air-conditioned theaters to escape the summer heat, and thus the summer blockbuster, and an American tradition, is born. Along with mall culture and fast food, summer movie-going seems inherent to the culture of the United States, indicative of the values of mass consumption as well as the prioritization of convenience.

In the theater, the role of a performer is to convince the audience they are something or someone they are not. In much the same way actors pretend to fool the audience, politicians likewise use acting to conceal their true political goals from potential opponents. This strong association between the theater and politics is readily apparent in Julius Caesar. The conspirators led by Cassius and Brutus use acting to conceal their politically motivated goal to assassinate Caesar. Marc Antony likewise uses acting to not only conceal his hatred for the conspirators, but to also turn public opinion against them. This relationship between politics and the theater is reinforced by having various characters directly reference the theater when discussing political goals. However, in the end, Antony manages to emerge victorious. This is largely due to Brutus’s decision to not only spare him but to allow him to speak at Caesars funeral. This decision marks a key turning point in the play and highlights a disconnect between Brutus and the theater. This disconnect results in the failure to anticipate not only Antony’s true intentions, but also in the power of rhetoric to sway the populace. Equally important is Antony’s own complete immersion in the theater to allow him to deceive the conspirators and recognize how best to use his words to influence the people. These two factors build off each other and are critical in determining the eventual conclusion

A genre in a film uses familiar story formulas, character types, settings and all of which lead viewers to have a certain perception about what the movie will be like before actually watching it (Goodykoontz, B., & Jacobs, 2014). In many instances, genres produce an explanation of the film. Evidently, this paper focuses on westerns as the main theme; this movie depicts notions of molarity tales, ironic tales and describes the notion of a classical look of the old western times. Additionally, this film genre has portrayed much about America 's past, glorifying the past-fading values and aspirations of the mythical by-gone age of the West.

Recognition of genre forms was always something to be expected, and was seen by authors such as Thomas Schatz as the driving force behind generic evolution. Yet what occurred in the sixties was profoundly different. Individual genres had reached the point of over-familiarity and died out before (as with screwball comedies), but in this case the rise of television meant the entire body of classical film was being exposed, and the classical Hollywood model itself was therefore vulnerable. The sudden awareness of the artifice that was Hollywood cinema meant that for at least some of the population the old models, if taken completely at face value, could only function as camp or nostalgia. Traditional genre narratives seemed hopelessly naive to an audience increasingly composed of the young, cinematically literate, and (to a lesser extent) politically radical. The search for a solution covered most of the sixties and seventies; it was the eighties before the rise of the blockbuster(5.5) once again gave Hollywood a consistently profitable model to work from. In the meantime, many different strategies were employed to try to deal with the

During the spring break, I watched Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One at the Balboa Theater, a long-standing independent cinema that first opened its doors in 1926. Given the theater’s decor and screening of Hollywood blockbusters and indie films, I think the viewing of Ready Player One, a delightful mashup of 80’s pop culture, was enhanced quite well by the cinema’s atmosphere. The theatre appears antique, moreso like a theater that holds plays and musicals, but one that appeals to a film buff or younger, hipper generation. This is in part due to its brown floral styled carpet, old arcade games, outdated photobooth, and classic film posters spread on the wall. Everything was fresh and new to me, as I never attend independent theaters.

In “Could This Be the Year Movies Stopped Mattering?” by Brian Raftery, Raftery empathizes how present-day individuals are constantly absorbed towards social media and discover other alternatives to satisfy their entertainment needs. This led to the belief that movies are considered less significant. Furthermore, the author provides us with examples for instance, music, considered an unappreciated category of entertainment, yet unexpectedly, it is a resurgence and recurring item in today’s pop culture, and television, cinema’s long-time competitor in the entertainment industry. He also blames the sudden advancement based on the unexpected deaths of talented artists and a surplus of must hear albums from present artists. Meanwhile, in the year

Nevertheless, it is true that the industry reacts depending on the steps taken by the audiences. The industry takes advantage of their power over both cultural personality and their receiving public; it takes control of the product and changes and re-changes it in regard of the different demands exerted by potential consumers and their reactions to these variations. In other words, as it has been argued, the movie business controlled its stars to obtain from them the biggest profit possible, and it continues doing so. Audiences and society play a game of two with the industry: none of them is anything without the other, then, cultural icons work perfectly in a capitalistic society as the American one. Social reactions trigger the creation of icons, which lately in response to this, are exploited by the industry, whose capitalization of the iconic figures perpetuates their presence in the cultural —and consumerist — sphere, prolonging connections and reactions on the side of audiences and consumers.

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 movie industry has grown tremendously over the last ninety years since it was established in 1927 with the introduction of soundless motion pictures. Nowadays, films are instrumental in shaping the thoughts and opinions of today’s social culture. For example, war movies like Pearl Harbor, Red Tails, Hacksaw Ridge, Alone in Berlin, and Saving Private Ryan choose specific historical events to recreate. These films are used as lessons; since they show the audience events that they could not witness.

For many, watching movies is great for entertainment, as well as a pastime. Other than viewing platforms, such as Netflix, movie theaters are great places for the best movie viewing experience possible. The release of new films attracts customers and bring in business for the theater. However, some films are not as popular as others. When this type of situation occurs, it hurts the theater because it is not getting the attendance that it should be. Just recently, the local movie theater in downtown Arlington Heights changed ownership for the third time within the past four years. It seems like the location struggles to keep business alive for a long period of time. As an employer of the theater, I can say that many of the issues come from the customers experience, along with some poor service. Even now, the theater flashes signs of struggle. With much observation, the theater should definitely consider major changes to bring back its old customers back. Arlington Heights is a small suburban town northwest of Chicago. With a much smaller population than the city of Chicago, it definitely plays a big part in the number of customers the theater receives. Not only Arlington Heights’ low population hurts its businesses, but also the lack of activities and attraction. For a town much smaller than Chicago, Arlington Heights is not really known for anything. The most popular event occurs during the week of the Fourth of July. Here the town hosts “Frontier Days”, where there are concerts and carnival games and rides that take over an entire park for the week. Besides the Fourth of July, Arlington Heights is just like any other typical neighborhood. For a business to stay long-term, the movie theater for this instance, it needs to promote and improve itself in order to bring in customers for business. Being located in such a small town is a disadvantage, but the improvement of business is simple as long as it has the right concepts.

The history of theatre in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries is one of the increasing commercialization of the art, accompanied by technological innovations, the introduction of serious critical review, expansion of the subject matters portrayed to include ordinary people, and an emphasis on more natural forms of acting. Theatre, which had been dominated by the church for centuries, and then by the tastes of monarchs for more than 200 years, became accessible to merchants, industrialists, and the less privileged and then the masses.

The BBFC has commissioned me to undertake research as part of a project to ascertain to what degree films can be regarded as powerful within contemporary society. In this assignment, I will comprehensively explain the relationship between audiences and films with well explained examples. I refer to the different sectors relating to the topic that include the following:

Over the past couple of weeks, I became exposed to different aspects of theatre and learned more about its true purposes. I originally wanted to join theatre to get out of my comfort zone and be able to speak in front of a crowd without hesitation. This desire emerged from my constant worrying and anxiety during class presentations, or any presentation in general. In the beginning of the school year, I was ignorant when it came to theatre. I thought that it was just an acting class with the students following a script after  script, but these past weeks had proved me wrong. Based on what we’ve done so far, the performances during this class stood out to me the most because it made me realize that theatre is more than just acting. There were a variety of performances and each one had different effects on me.