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misogynistic view of sex and gender. The Hollywood film rose rapidly as one of the highest earning industries in America in the early twentieth century. As a result of the traditional patriarchal society of the era it was the men who owned the studios, the men who wrote the scripts, the men who worked behind the scenes, and the men who held the leading roles that dominated the industry. In this paper, I will discuss in brief my experience in viewing the short film by Tracy Moffatt (2003). Second, examine the

4.2.1. Exodus (1960) One of the important films from this period is Exodus. Exodus is a 1960 film about the birth of the modern state of Israel in 1948. It was based on Leon Uris’ novel of the same name. It is important to stress that Uris was called on by American government to create a novel which would introduce the Arab-Israel conflict to the Americans and depict Israelis as heroes. This comes as no surprise as the 1950s and 1960s marked, as already mentioned, the growth of tensions between the

Coming of Age Joyce Carol Oates's short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” was written in 1966 and twenty years later was made into a movie entitled Smooth Talk by Joyce Chopra, winner of the 1985 U.S. Film Festival for best dramatic picture. The writing by Oates is loosely based on a true story known as “The Pied Piper of Tucson.” The most significant differences based on the story and movie are the father-daughter relationship with Connie and Chopra’s changing the mother’s attitude

risk for violent behaviors"(Point 1). The point article states "Researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania found that 'the amount of gun violence shown in PG-13 films has more than tripled since 1985.'"(Point 2). This proves that since 1985 the amount of violence in moves has tripled. Due to this more children could be influenced to commit these felonious acts. The article follows that quotation by saying "According to research published by the

George W. Lucas and developed as a graphics division for LucasFilms (Shamsie, 2001). This continued until 1985, when Catmull finally turned to Steve Jobs with the view to making full length feature films using computer animation. After more than a year of negotiations, Steve Jobs then purchased the graphics division and renamed it Pixar Animation Studios (Shamsie, 2001). A three year film contract with Disney was negotiated in 1991 which resulted in the movie Toy Story being released in 1995

Media Exposure Film, radio and television, as three major types of media through which music is circulated and consumed by the mass audience, have played important roles in the mass communication of “Moon River” and its numerous cover versions. Film production companies are supposed to be the major promotion medium of their theme song, but it is not the case in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The film itself could be promoted through posters, trailers at the cinema, lobby cards, advertisements in magazines

but it would seem that most people in America when they hear “Casablanca” they think of the 1942 classic movie; Casablanca. Rather remarkable when you think about it. Anyways, onward to the film; Casablanca. The renowned classic romance/drama Casablanca (1942), is nearly always seen on “top-ten lists” of films. It is a expertly told tale of two men jockeying for the same woman's love in what some may call a “love triangle”. Casablanca is a story of both political and romantic espionage and is set

and underrepresentation. With women being denied opportunities every day and young girls growing up believing they don’t have a place in society as a leader or anything more than a supporting character to a man, films and the media industry

Film innovator and auteur Alfred Hitchcock is renowned for his genius in building tension, fear and suspense throughout his films. Hitchcock used visual cinema techniques including cinematography, symbolism and colour in films such as Rope and Vertigo to invoke a response from his audience. Hitchcock wanted us to identify with the psychological and physical situations that his protagonists and antagonists experience. In Rope, Hitchcock uses innovative cinematography techniques so that the audience

Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese director and animator. He was born in Bunkyo-ho District of Tokyo, Japan on January 5th, 1941 to an affluent, liberal family. His father, Katsuji Miyazaki, and his uncle made parts used in Japanese Zero fighter planes during World War II. His mother, Dola, was a intelligent and strict woman. For nearly nine years, while Miyazaki was attending grade school, she suffered from spinal tuberculosis and had to spend two years in hospital care. She eventually recovered and lived