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    world. As someone with a firm opposition to editing and montage, Bazin stated that the mise en scène truly represents “true continuity” in film, reproducing the real world more realistically. (Cardullo, 7) There are two editing systems: Classical Hollywood Cinema and Neorealist Cinema. From their similarities and differences, it can be said that Neorealist Cinema portrays the real world more realistically and effectively than CHC… In order to produce Bazin’s “true continuity” and reproduce situations

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    Hollywood Ten For my arcival project I chose to research the Hollywood Ten, I chose this because I am fascinated by the events of that occurred around this time and group. The Hollywood Ten was a group of writers, directors, and other artists who bravely refused to answer questions in front of the House of Un-American Activities and were therefore sentenced to jail time and banned from working in Hollywood. The actions of that the House of Un-American Activities and the resistance of the Hollywood

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    Introduction Universal Studios Hollywood is a theme park and film studio located in Los Angeles, California (Wikipedia, 2016). According to their own marketing, they are known as the “Entertainment Capital of LA” ( ). In 1915, Carl Laemmle founded this plot of land as a movie studio named “Universal City” (Knight, 2008). In July 1964, Universal Studios Hollywood, now owned by NBCUniversal (Comcast), was created to give the public an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes of their favorite

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    There has always been an interesting connection between Hollywood and Europe. Hollywood has dominated European cinema since the First World War and at present accounts for approximately 80% of market share in the majority of European countries, while European share of the American market is weak at 5.02% in 2001. The Hollywood advantage is concentrated in one very particular kind of moviemaking: films that are entertaining, highly visible, and have broad global appeal. The typical European film has

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    American audiences to open their eyes to the world’s current events rather than settling for an illusion of isolation (Gluck, Robert). While many see Casablanca as another typical studio produced movie of its classical era, the crafty use of classical Hollywood narrative structure and development of character enables this movie to have a stronger political message and influence. Casablanca, for the most part, follows your typical Freytag’s pyramid scheme along with a broken linear structure. At this time

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    Storytelling has always been at the heart of Hollywood cinema. Revisiting the theories of Propp we can see the difference between a films story and its discourse, a story is what is being told where as the narrative is how it is told - “[a story is] An account of a string of events occurring in space and time… a narrative presents an order of events connected by the logic of cause and effect” (Pramaggiore & Wallis, 2008) Thus, it is through a films narrative that Hollywood tells its audience the story. In Thomas

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    Every week numerous Hollywood movies and rereleases open in theaters, video stores, and online movie distributors nationwide: heartwarming films such as The Blind Side; laughter inducing and children captivating classics like Aladdin; movies about overcoming struggles such as, Gattaca. All these new movies and classics alike hold a particular place in our hearts and in our lives. Maybe because of a similarity to our own lives or the main character embraces characteristics we hold dear. Whatever

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    of Pam Grier. A new step for the Hollywood film industry from 1968 till nowadays is the creation of the MPAA film rating system. Ever since the erasure of the production code of the Classic Hollywood era, and filmmakers’ realisation that they do not need the seal of approval, it has become possible to show or tell anything on screen. Film genres like horror for examples thrived as they tested the new limits of the horror experience. The end of Classic Hollywood and the production code also marked

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    They wouldn’t. What they do understand is the male complex and how sex sells. They know how to prop a woman in a bikini showing her running down a beach half naked while her body parts are bouncing in slow motion. This male ideology is infecting Hollywood films, and we are only getting to see what they find entertaining which is women being hypersexualized. Rather than seeing a film of a woman being a lawyer who helped stop the imprisonment of a young black man who was falsely accused, we are presented

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    and specifically in Hollywood from early 20th century. The Spanish cinema started with black and while movie. At the first they act with just Spanish representative, because they want control the American cinema and precisely Hollywood. The Spanish movie was in the first representation without the voice. After that they added the voice. The Mexican movies was increased in Hollywood cinemas because American people like it. However the Mexican actor was good with acting. Hollywood films was increased

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