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Since I was 4 years old, Star Wars has been an active force in my life. What began as a method of entertainment grew into something that shaped how I view the world. At a first glance, Star Wars is simply the story of a farmer-boy given a quest to save the galaxy. From an analytical and historical perspective, it is so much more. Despite the general resentment for the “prequel” movies, the movies have redeeming values in terms of symbolism. The beginning of The Phantom Menace depicts a society torn

Steven Spielberg is a world-renowned and one of the most successful movie directors of all time. He has won 2 best director awards. Also, he was 4 Oscars and another 14 nominations. Which if you ask me, that is a very impressive achievement. I have a question “What made Steven Spielberg into the amazing director, and storyteller he is today?” Steven Allan Spielberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on December 14, 1946. To an Arnold Spielberg an electrical engineer working on computers, and Leah Adler

Set in outer space, the plot of Star Wars was mainly about Luke Skywalker on a quest. Space has always been a place people have fantasized about, but not everyone is able to turn that fantasy into reality and make a movie out of it. However, George Lucas did, and that forever changed the movie industry. In fact, Star Wars is now one of the most popular movie series in the world. The making of Star Wars not only influenced the world technologically and culturally, but it also led to the creation of

“ I like ideas, especially movie ideas, that you can hold in your hand. If a person can tell me the idea in twenty-five words or less, its going to make a pretty good movie.” Steven Spielberg.’ For this essay I intend to discuss how Hollywood as an industry has used the marketing strategies of blockbuster films to significant advantage in film merchandising. Along with the use of mass merchandising as a form of marketing films, with the hope of creating awareness among the public. As merchandising

Sugarland Express. This was only the beginning of their partnership, and would work on several films through out the seventies this including Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Steven Spielberg recommended Williams to an ambitious George Lucas who needed a score for his one of a kind, Star Wars. This was the beginning of the rest of Williams career, as Star Wars broke multiple box office records, and won several academy awards, including best musical score. “Luke 's Theme” is easily one

Frank Lucas in the 1960's was the upcoming gangster in Harlem. He was "Bumpy Johnson" right-hand man at first though. Frank would drive Bumpy around, get his lunch, and every now and then kill some people when needed (according to Bumpy). The movie starts off with a powerful scene with a man sitting in a chair having gasoline poured all over him as Bumpy and Frank watch. Once all the gasoline is used, Frank lights up his cigar and throws the lighter on the victim. As he begins to burn in great PAIN

The stereotype of women making decisions that are extremely selfish are initially for there self beneficence in this movie as it eventually leads to selfish behaviour and self destruction. The selfish behaviour occurs when Elsa Schneider took the grail and got all possessive over it like it’s all hers and executes like there will be no aftermath to her actions because there is no one superior than her. When Elsa Schneider took the grail and verbally expressed “We have got it, come on! It’s ours Indiana

cultural influence of George Lucas’ Star Wars there is not a director in Hollywood that doesn’t look to cash in through other forms of movie sales. In late 1975 George Lucas began

The effects of Star Wars BLAM! KACHEW! "Help me Obiwon you're my only hope." The popular franchise known as Star Wars has been very successful and has been going on for decades. Even today they are rolling out with a new trilogy of Star Wars movies while we still watch the old classics like Return of The Jedi or A New Hope. But there is one question that people have been asking; How could Star Wars influence what people do? Hundreds to thousands of people have asked this. New

In the 1960’s, “for the first time in its history, Hollywood fell behind the rest of the world- aesthetically, commercially, and even technologically” (Cook, 669) It wasn’t until the mid-1970s when a wider license for personal filmmaking and cultural critique was eclipsed by the rapid consolidation of media corporations and the franchised blockbuster, did Hollywood reach a turning point. Personally, this was one of my favorite films (documentaries) that we watched all semester; it named several