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    okay with showing their children. Movie ratings are assigned by Motion Picture Association of America or MPAA. There is a history on how it was created, who created it, the different views on the movie rating system as well as if we need it. Firstly, to know more about

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    The Motion Picture Code of the Great Depression During the times of the Great Depression, film was viewed as a valuable importance to people. Film during this time of distress contributed to the maintenance of the national morale of America. During this time Hollywood played a valuable part, getting over eighty million Americans to attend theaters, but soon it would become a lot harder as America continued living in the Great Depression. Everyone in America, even the most troubling of poverty

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    Motion Picture Industry

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    Analysis: Ch.2 #1 - The motion picture industry is a competitive industry. Each year, more than 50 studios produce a total of 300 to 400 new motion pictures. This managerial report is based on data collected for a sample of 100 motion pictures produced in 2005 and will evaluate the financial success of these motion pictures by using 4 major variables – (A) Opening Gross Sales, (B) Total Gross Sales, (C) Number of Theaters, and (D) Weeks in Top 60. (A) Opening Gross Sales−this variable indicates

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    Motion Picture History

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    Before World War I, films were being made mostly European countries and in Japan. When the war interrupted European filmmaking, however, the American film industry began to dominate the world market. In the years between 1917 and 1927 the silent film reached the peak of its development. United States had the largest film industry and American films dominated the international market. Germany and Japan still had some movie industries but mostly left to domestic. Many nations found film production

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    In the motion picture The Program begins with the fictional ESU college football team who just finished another losing season and now looking to address their needs. ESU head coach Sam Winters goes on a recruiting trip and meet’s with Darnell Jefferson a highly recruited running back who has already spoke with the University of Michigan. A college with an appealing football program and education, Darnell’s father tells coach Winters that he is worried about his education. Coach Winters invites Darnell

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    The Apartment is an Oscar winning motion picture and made by one of Hollywood’s all-time greatest directors that ever lived. At the film’s center is a romantic comedy, but it is much more than that, when viewed without its satirical stance, it is a sad, dramedy (comedy-drama or tragicomedy). Set at the end of the 1950s during a time in American culture where an invisible and unmentionable class system existed, indeed American society is thoroughly stratified by this time. The film focuses on two

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    PART I – IDENTIFICATIONS: SUBSECTION A: i. Eadweard Muybridge: The story of the American motion picture industry begins with the eccentric ‘photographic artist’, Eadweard Muybridge. In 1872, Eadweard Muybridge was sought out by former governor of California and railroad tycoon, Leland Stanford, because of his expertise with the camera. Stanford thought that if Muybridge could capture equine motion in a series of photographs, it would be possible to discern whether or not all four of a horse’s

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    The History of Motion Pictures No matter who a person thinks invented the motion picture camera, whether it was Louis Lumiere or Thomas Edison, I'm sure they had no idea what it would become at the turn of the century. Motion pictures, has become an entertainment medium like no other. From Fred Ott's Sneeze to Psycho to Being John Malkovich, the evolution from moving pictures to a pure art form has been quite amazing. Different steps in filming techniques define eras in one of the most amazing

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    African –American In Motion Pictures How did African Americans enter film? When did they? African Americans had a hard time entering film. Who are some successful black actors today in Hollywood? According to the sources I’ve read, American Americans had a very complex time in the history in the American motion industry. In the early 20’s, things like the Civil War were still being discussed. Society wanted African American to stay in their place, so they were given roles such as criminals

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    Film rights are either sold by a work's creator or that creator's operator. There are two approaches to purchase motion picture rights to an artistic work. This article discloses how to purchase motion picture rights out and out or through the more typical choice deal.Entertainment legal counselors work in the lawful parts of media outlets, including optioning film rights. Since they are so knowledgeable with the procedure, they are significant to those trying to buy the film rights to a built up

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