...Cinemas have changed drastically over the past one-hundred years, however, it did not change for the worse. In Susan Sontag’s short story, “A Century of Cinema,” she gives her point of view about the way the cinema has changed in negative ways. She states, “If cinephilia is dead, then movies are dead too . . . no matter how many movies, even very good ones, go on being made. If cinema can be resurrected, it will only be through the birth of a new kind of cine-love.” Susan believes that cinephilia in current days have decreased. I personally do not agree with Susan and her argument about cinephilia in modern times. I do agree with Sontag about cinephilia not being the same anymore, because it is not. Cinephilia has changed throughout the years, and in more positive ways than negatives ways. Today, cinephilia is enabled by new media technologies of the digital revolution (“The New Cinephilia, Girish Shambu). Many cinephile’s today find most of their mediators on the Internet, unlike back then, during the time period Susan Sontag talks about in her essay, cinephile’s got their mediators through newspapers and through their peers. Sontag expresses how she feels about the movies in America culture. She explains that going to the movies has been a major part of American culture during the...
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...Part One Media in our society to day is mainly revolved around supply and demand. As a news director and knowing what will benefit the news television station and our ratings, given two stories, one about local city parks being closed down 3 days a week to save money or a major celebrities death. The story that I would chose to make the lead story would be “a major celebrities death”. Yes, both stories will be appealing to the audience and will have attention but one story is more appealing when it comes to ratings and what will benefit both the audience and the television station. In today’s society and media today, supply and demand plays a big role on what the media shows and what stories television stations cover. Begin a television news direct you have to chose what would beneficial to the ratings of the station and the audience. The audience is what makes the ratings happen so pleasing them is an advantage to you in the long run. Some time the right is wrong, which is a perfect example in this case. Even though the story concerning the closing of local park due to the fact of the city saving money might be considered important to the city and the people in the city, the story about the celebrity death will grab the attention of people to watch our television station which is something that we want as the media. Covering this sort of story will be an advantage of both traditional and non-traditional media, this goes for radio, newspaper, Internet and television. Its...
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...will present a technology that has changed the way society sees the movie and TV industry. This paper will present details of how this technology impacted its industry, how it is used, how people, and competitors reacted. Examples will be provided of similar scenarios and what new opportunities this technology has presented to its market, plus how the government and legislation reacted toward this new technology advancement. Technology Effects Technology is a powerful tool that over the years it has evolved continuously providing the human with new options to be more precise in every aspect. Technology not only provides us with new emerging advancements, but they also can make a whole industry change with one revolutionary creation. An excellent example that can be provided of how technology can change an industry very fast is the online movie streaming sites and the self serve renting movie machines. These two different technology creations has come to make an impressive change on how the movie and TV industry currently operates compared to a few years ago. Many years ago the movie and TV industry was strictly dedicated to watching TV shows in the big old box we call a Television, and we could only watched movies at a movie theater or in the television. People would visit different store locations to rent their movies and watch them at home but things have changed drastically since then. These new technology advancements have changed how everything works, looks, and feels...
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...When issues in the real world change, the film industry does the same by changing the content in their movies to match the current trends. This essay is going to look at a more specific issue and relating it to certain movies to show that the above statement is correct. Over the past few decades, the value and meaning of family have changed drastically. The family structure, marriage rate, divorce rate, birth rate, how families live, what activities families engage in, and what possessions families own are some of the many factors that have changed with the family value. Revolutions in economies, technologies, politics, rights and the rise of activists played a role in this extreme shift in the family value norm. WWII was a major event that changed the dynamics of family life. During the war, because all the men were going overseas to fight in the war, the women at home were required to work in factories to supply the war effort. This was the first time in history were over half the women in the U.S. had a job outside of their homes. However, it created a problem when the war was over with many unemployed men trying to find jobs. Some women wanted to stay with their jobs but because of the ongoing discrimination against married women with full-time jobs outside of their home, they were socially pressured into letting the veterans reclaim the jobs. Married women at that time needed to be housewives and mothers to provide the returning men with “special love”. WWII also provided...
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...be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex) are everywhere. For a long time men and women had to do certain things throughout their lives. It was expect that men would be the ones that had to work, while their wives had to stay home to take care of the house, the kids, bills, etc. Over time, these gender roles have changed. Females now take on tasks that only men were supposed to do. Gender roles appear in places that one wouldn’t expect: Disney movies. Disney movies do a great job at showing how gender roles were portrayed at the time the movie came out. Most notably, in these movies, males fulfill a certain appearance stereotype (tall, muscular, handsome, etc.). The same stereotype applies to females as well (makeup, being slim, posture, etc.). In Disney movies, the male protagonist is almost always good-looking, muscular, tall, etc. An example of this is Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid movie. In the movie, he’s tall, light-skinned, muscular, and handsome. He’s almost “perfect”. In the essay ....Happily Ever After (Or What Fairy Tales teach Girls about being Women) Alice Neikirk states “the hero, often a prince, is generally described as brave and handsome.” Over time, the appearance of the male protagonists have changed. For example, Flynn Rider from Tangled is just a slim, not very muscular, semi- handsome guy. He’s average compared to princes from other Disney movies (like Prince Eric, Hercules, It seems only the rich princes are the muscular good-looking...
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...African American Stereotypes in Movies Media Research Methods CO 455 November 20, 2012 African American Stereotypes in Movies Introduction There once was a time when everyone expected the black man to be the first actor to die in every movie that possessed a black man in its cast. However, over time the assumption of the black man being the first to die has changed. Currently in the year 2012, there are progressively more movies in which black men portray leading roles. This change in black men as leading characters in movies is a welcome change. In the past, supporting or backup roles were considered the best role a black man could achieve. In this paper, the researcher will conduct information by means of content analysis. Content analysis is the most commonly used methodology because of its ability to measure human behavior, assuming that the verbal behavior is a form of behavior. This study will examine specific media products and define these products by determining smaller elements that complement these products. This document will address a wide view of concerns regarding the African American culture, and will provide assumptions on how this issue can be addressed in the future. The stereotype of African Americans in movies today, is the topic of this research paper. Why do African Americans face stereotypes in the media? Why do black actors and actresses have difficulty obtaining roles that are not stereotypical...
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...BOO! Did that scare you? I wouldn’t think so, but I do think that you have been scared by some horror movies before. Horror movies have used a wide range of techniques to stand out amongst all of the other types of movies. There are quite a few horror movies and their style has changed throughout the years. Many things have changed except for the techniques used within them, and trust me there are quite a few, and all of these techniques can show why horror is so much more different than other genres. Each era of horror has had a different way of expressing itself. There were many subgenres. Horror had started off as any normal movie genre should, literature. Things like Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. By this time, the genre...
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...Question #1 „Would you buy Blockbuster stock or short it at the time of the case? How about Netflix? Why?“ That’s a difficult question because the case was written in November 2007 and at that time BlockbusterInc. I would prefer to sell the shares of Blockbuster Inc. because their management made a lot of wrong decisions in the past, which still affects the market share and the outlook of the company. We think that it was a big mistake to underestimate the importance of entering the online DVD retail market as soon as possible. This decision was a perfect example of marketing myopia because it wasn’t very customer orientated. They had seen themselves in the video retailing business but they are in the entertainment business and they under-emphasized customer needs and wants. And if you look at the stock quotation of Blockbuster Inc. you can see that there is a peak in 2002 (fifth consecutive year of same-store sales growth; IPO of Netflix) and after that the share price decreases significantly until today. Failures in the management stopped their growth and that‘s why Blockbuster Inc. is a perfect example for marketing myopia. If you look at Netflix the situation is completely different. Their management didn’t make the same mistakes. They are very customer oriented and they changed their marketing strategy to satisfy customer needs and facilitate the access to a huge personalized movie library even if the customer isn’t very familiar with the Internet or the “online...
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...Around the world American movies are making huge impacts on people and showing our freedom of expression. From the early movies and were based on to how they have evolved today is significant. Along with the changes in the content and the way moves are made so has the movie ratings have changed over the last 30 years. The standards on what children are allowed to see have been relaxed a PG twenty years ago and a PG today are different. The culture of our country has changed and so has the standards in which the movies and rating viewed. In the early 1900s, filmmakers had to tailor their movie to the requirements of more than 40 local, city and state censorship boards across the country. The formation, in 1922, of what is now the Motion Picture Association of America, MPAA, helped by taking the first steps towards self regulation. It required it members to submit movies for approval prior to distribution. This process was governed by the Hays Code; which was named after MPAA’s first president, Will Hays. It imposed a detailed and extensive list of rules to filmmakers. It included that only “correct standards of life” could be presented. No depictions of childbirth, criticisms of religion, “lustful” kissing or “suggestive” dancing was allow. Under the Hays code, films were either deemed as moral or immoral and were approved or disapproved, but times were changing and so were the standards. The 1960’s were times of change in America and so again came change to the movie industry...
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...Raymond Putman M. Foulkes Urban Geography 11.18.11 Reel vs. Real: How cities are portrayed in film The setting often can make or break a movie. Think about it. If Ocean’s 11 was set in Gary, Indiana, instead of Las Vegas and Danny Ocean’s crew robbed the town’s one casino instead of three, would it have been the same film? Not at all. But if the movie had somehow made sense, would the perception of Gary—as a city—be different? Quite possibly. How a city is portrayed in film, whether accurate or not, plays a big role in how the city is viewed in real life.; this can be proven through different genres and in multiple cities. *** The Good Many movies that take have a very specific city-setting are extremely accurate. A prime example is Martin Scorsese’s The Gangs of New York. In the film, not only are the gangs portrayed accurately in their crime and demeanor, but the city’s landscape is spot-on (Christiano). Scorsese, having grown up in New York, did a marvelous job at catching the city’s gritty side that was a reality in the 19th century. History professor Tyler Anbinder said in a book about historical aspects of the film that Scorsese’s visual recreation of 19th century New York couldn’t have been better. The great part of the film’s grimy look at the city is that it shows a strong contrast to the city today (DiGirolamo). Likewise, Detroit is portrayed fairly accurately in John Singleton’s Four Brothers, a movie about four adopted brothers who come together...
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...has advanced through the years of development to the media outlet it is today, films have shaped culture and attitudes through stories and other content. As more movies are produced, views and values of society continue to alter based on the images portrayed. These changes in society occur because moviegoers absorb the styles and attitudes of idolized characters from films. For example, in the late 1960s, several movies were released depicting rebellion and violence. Movies such as “The Wild Bunch” and “Bonnie and Clyde” let to more liberal attitudes toward social order as well as an acceptance of violence and sex on-screen (Lule, 2012). More films were produced to specifically shape the viewpoints of the audience once filmmakers took notice. The movie “Super-Size Me” is one example of a movie produced specifically to alter perceptions of society. Television provided a source of at home visual entertainment beginning in the 1950s. Initially, television was a family oriented activity with programming such as “Leave it to Beaver” featuring white families living in suburban communities with a focus on issues of family life but not on issues of society. These types of shows depicted the ideals of the time. As society events began to create stress in everyday lives during the 1960s, shows like “Bewitched” provided a world of fantasy and escape, but still avoided discussing the issues of the time. Between the 70s and today, shows began appearing discussing social issues such as single...
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...Movies are great and entertaining to watch. Ever since the first motion picture by Eadweard MuyBridge till now, movies seem to get only better and better. Then the movie producers start to turn books into movie and thus, gave many people a great visual of what was happening in the story. But it has come to a point where the movies are starting to pull away from the story and turn into something that would appeal to the audience instead of being accurate of the events in the story. Sleepy Hollow, Rappaccini’s Daughter, and The jilting of Granny Weatherall, all have similarities to their counterpart, the book. While Sleepy Hollow is very different from the short story, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The only Similarity would be The Character’s...
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...media and their primary purposes. The different social media that exist in today’s world. For example, photo sharing, blogging, social bookmarking, wiki, social networking and video sharing and this is just a few. The reason for photo sharing lets a person sharing photos with family, friends, and other public; Blogging let people talk online about any topic freely. Social bookmarking give people the opportunity to share their favorite content online. Wiki site make it were people to work together all over the world. Social networking is a kind of community for people on the internet such as Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace. Video sharing is kind of like photo sharing such as YouTube. 2. What are the greatest benefits of social media for individuals and society? Social media is a large beneficial to a person and society for several reasons. One of the largest benefits to people in social media is the ability to stay in touch with family and friends. The people do not have to be in the same place, town, state they can be mile and mile always. Other good reason of society media is advertise items across the world to help people to products their merchandise to other around the world. Society media help companies to access to millions of customers. Social media is very beneficial to both individual and the society. 3. What are the greatest problems of social media for individuals and society? Social media is a source of several problems between people and...
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...Abigail Brown Professor Morrison April 14th, 2011 Diary Of a Mad Black Woman and Family Reunion tow movies that hit top charts. Tyler Perry has directed and starred in his own movies ranging from romance to comedy. He comes from every aspect, he isn’t afraid to do what other directors are afraid, deep heart felt movies about love and how forgiveness can change a lot. From he started in 1992 when he saved us his little twelve thousand dollars only thirty people came out to his show, but look what determination and focus can bring you. He is a mutli-millionaire now. So far he has written, directed and starred in eleven of his movies and counting, I never get tired of this movies they bring such a change each and every time. His plots were catchy but he changes them up from time to time, so when you think you got he switches it up on you. He goes for all audiences young and old. Diary of a mad black woman was very dramatic and in every way full of laughter and family reunion the same way he does so well with storytelling showing you from the beginning to the end. Diary of a Mad Black woman started off with the happiness in the beginning and showing how loving they are, he basically narrated the first part, then he shows the truth. I would think that this man has been married to a bunch of different woman and they all broke his heart or something because of the way he writes and directs as it if was him. When her husband literally drags her out of the house by her feet...
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...Netflix Reed Hastings, a former Blockbuster customer was once charged a $40.00 fee for not returning a movie on time. Hastings wanted to find a way of allowing customers to enjoy their favorite movies on their own time and without being charged the late fee (Copeland). In 1997 Hastings introduced Netflix to American consumers and the company has been successful ever since. He did away with due dates and extra fees, and gave customers the convenience of selecting movies from home and watching them when they wanted. Netflix, Inc. is an Internet subscription service for TV shows and movies. The company has 23.6 million members in the United States and Canada. Netflix allows its subscribers to watch unlimited TV shows and movies by streaming over the Internet to their TVs, computers, and mobile devices. Subscribers also have the option of having DVD’s shipped to their homes (Netflix Inc.). Industry The changing technological developments over the years in the in-home video entertainment industry have allowed many opportunities for movies rental companies to expand. The internet changed how customers viewed their movies. Online rentals, video streaming and on demand viewing services have entered the field and created a huge advantage over retail stores, such as Blockbuster. With consumers shift toward the internet, customers no longer needed to drive or walk to a store to look through limited-selection stock in search of a movie or to be disappointed that a movie was...
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