Film Industry Essay

positive and negative viewpoints on different issues surrounding the film industry. The poem I have found, “The Film Industry In Crisis” by Frank O’Hara in 1957, comments on the choice audiences must make between “Glorious Silver Screen” or to the American LEgion or the Catholic church. O’Hara also makes a brief reference to “give credit where it’s due”, which has lead me to look further into the impacts of Illegal streaming of film. I also wonder about how the viewing experience has been affected

The grand success of the Telugu movie, Bahubali, at the box-office has brought the spot-light on to the Telugu film industry. In the past, many popular Telugu movies were remade, dubbed in Hindi and Tamil, particularly in last few decades; but the success of Bahubali is altogether at a different level. The movie has set new benchmarks with all time records for a dubbed Hindi version; in two weeks it has already occupied a position in the top five movies of Indian cinema. The makers plan to release

During the 1930’s the Chinese Film Industry underwent several improvements in film techniques; improvements in film quality and the advancements in sound quality, which led to this period being called the “Golden Age” of Chinese film. Some very important directors of the time were Sun Yu, Yonggang Wu and Muzhi Yuan saw the potential to educate the masses through the film Industry. This was done by highlighting the problems in society; such as inequality between the genders. This was done by showcasing

The movie industry has grown massively over the last few decades. The number of movies that are produced every year and the box office revenue generated is increasing. With so many movies released per year, people in the film industry have started to look at predicting the box office revenue that a movie will generate. Film studios release multiple movies a year, some will make a lot of money and some will not make as much. Simonoff and Sparrow (2000) state that final total box office revenue

I also had never heard of Mary Pickford, although I’m glad I have now. Her independence, strength, and smarts are admirable, especially for a woman of her time. Pickford was instrumental in shaping the role of a woman in the film industry and in the public eye as well. In today’s world, I would liken Mary Pickford to Natalie Portman. They both started out as child actors and moved into more adult roles. Natalie Portman is, I believe, one of the strongest and smartest women in Hollywood. The roles

‘visual’ and regime meaning a ‘dominant system of doing things’, all scopic regimes are associated with visual representation. The concept of a scopic regime was introduced in the early 1980s by film theorist, Christian Metz as he explained it by discussing how the experience of theatre and the experience of film is different. The two most predominant scopic regimes commonly known include and photography and television. Following the invention in 1800 by Thomas Wedgwood and the first attempts of photoetching

Once the Vitaphone staked its claim in the film industry the research and application of new sound equipment began to grow rapidly. First moving to even louder speakers for the audience to enjoy the music even more. Then moving to stereo speakers having different sounds coming from different speakers. Then moving to surround sound where the audience is engulfed in music and sound effects from all around them. Finally to our current technology of IMAX sound adding even more speakers and pushing sound

had enrolled in the graduate film program. Lee would go on to produce a film that would win him a Motion Picture Arts and Science Student Academy Award. Spike Lee has directed 48 films, produced 47 and have written 14 films. Spike Lee has been an influence on the film industry as he has often had movies about controversial topics that start conversations, has been known for using double dolly shots in his films and changing how people view African American films and film making. "Spike makes movies

category and it should be treated like any other good. Based on Australian researcher, people who watching the films may take the aspects of the movies as a reflection of prevailing social attitudes and start generalizing. As the Hollywood is not brings ‘’american’’ perception anymore as it was. Nowadays, there have many firm from different country that participate in making Hollywood film like China, Australia, Italia and others. However, in Malaysia, there are a lot of sensitivity that should be

the early 1900s, the film industry had just gained popularity but the films during this era were drastically different from films today. Films during this time were done in white and black, were much shorter, and were without sound. In this silent film era, no star shined brighter than that of Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin is without a doubt the biggest name of film during this or possibly any era. In fact, Chaplin should be considered the greatest influence of the film industry in the 1920s because of