...Declining The situation is familiar. It is a Saturday evening and a typical American citizen is thinking of how he or she will spend his or her night. Going to the movies has continued to be a popular weekend activity throughout history. The theater has allowed people to escape from their busy lives and enjoy the entertainment brought through the movies. In articles “Study Finds Movie Attendance Declining as More Americans Act out Films At Home” from The Onion and “Fewer Americans Go to the Movies” from The Wall Street Journal, they discuss how movie attendance has declined and ticket prices have increased. Although both pieces assert the same argument towards America’s movie-going audience, the satirical article from The Onion is more effective. Statistics show that movie attendance declines each year. This result could be from a variety of possible factors. The article from The Onion claims that Americans are choosing to act out films at home instead of seeing the movies at the theater. The piece states that“72 percent of respondents said they enjoyed the flexibility of home-acting versus watching movies in the theater (“Study Finds Movie Attendance Declining”).” This possibility may seem comical, but when thinking more in depth to why staying home would make issues disappear such as needing to use...
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...In his article Story or Spectacle? Why Television Is Better Than the Movies, David Charpentier claims that contemporary television shows are superior to contemporary films. He supports his claim by comparing television shows and movies in terms of characters and the plot. I agree with Charpentier’s thesis.At the beginning of his article Charpentier says “Steven Spielberg and George Lucas put out doomsday-esque statements about the end of movies as we know them” (Charpentier 308). Both Spielberg and Lucas are directors of credible movies. The fact that he uses movie directors as an example makes it easier to agree with his argument. All of the examples he uses in his article provide evidence that supports his claim and make his claim stronger. A character is a person in either a novel, film, or television show. Characters in television shows and in films are very different. Charpentier says “committing to a series involves watching dozens of...
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...This article is not an opinion of people, It’s the statistics that the movies have. The two movies that I will be comparing are the force awakens and the return of the Jedi. Those two movies where the two most sold Star Wars movies in the saga. The Star Wars movies will be judged on how much money each movie made, also the views each movie had. This will not include the latest Star Wars Movie The last Jedi. The Return of the Jedi is the Star Wars movie with the most made money out of all the other Star Wars movie, it made 35.6 million dollars. Therefore, surpassing Jaws and E.T. The fan base of Star Wars is saying that the return of the Jedi is the most outstanding movie they have made. It also had 120+ million views just in the movie theater....
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...Patrick McCormick, in his article “Why Monsters Have Become Alien to Us” originally appearing in the Christianity magazine, U.S. Catholic (1996), argues that monsters, especially in modern movies, are simply a representation of humans and our disconnection to needy individuals in the real world. McCormick supports his argument by comparing classic monster tales with characters of a certain depth and humanity, such as Count Dracula and Frankenstein’s monster, that grabs at the compassionate hearts of audiences to contemporary films that often include a united human race defeating alien-like monsters without hesitation. The purpose of McCormick’s essay is to show how most people treat monsters, no matter how they were created or place themselves in this world, in order to answer the question of whether monsters reside within us. Given the article's location in a sophisticated magazine, McCormick aims this essay at an educated audience interested in the human need to destroy, rather than accept, monsters. 1. There are many reasons why monster stories have endured popularity over the years. One reason McCormick points out is the action and adrenaline associated with modern movies. He claims that these movies tend to be designed for theme park rides and video games since they are all about the fight or flight response that adrenaline. The contemporary...
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...In today’s society, children are constantly being exposed to media that focuses on thin and beauty as the most important thing. It molds young mind into thinking that this is what they need to be in order to fit in Western society. In this journal article, it is exploring young girls between the ages of 3 to 6 years old and observes how brief exposure to media effects how they view their body image. The problem of this article is that young girls at the age of 6 years old are experiencing body dissatisfaction to achieve the ideal thinner figures then their current body size. According to the article, “ It was hypothesized that the exposure to appearance-related media would result in more appearance-related play behavior (e.g. playing dress-up...
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...Facebook and share a photo it is a common thing to do, and we do not think about the copyright or if the thing we are sharing, has an originator. However, the sharing does not only consist of photos it is also movies, programs and other large and expensive things. 1. The text 1 “It’s evolution, Stupid” by Peter Sunde is a text speaking for illegal downloading of movies, music etc. on the internet. Peter Sunde is a co-founder and ex-spokesperson of “The Pirate Bay”, which is a BitTorrent search engine. Peter Sunde believes it is evolution, he says: “Instead of looking at evolution as something inevitable, the industry has made it their business to refuse and/or sue change, by any necessary means” (p. 2 ll. 16-19) He believes that the entertainment industry refuses to evolve as the only industry and that they try to stop it. He also believes that what he is doing isn’t illegal and neither did the Swedish prosecutor, who sent out a memo saying: “…TPB wasn’t guilty of “main”-crimes – at best it aids and abets…”. Furthermore, he believes that the entertainment business is corrupt and that it controls the internet, he says: “The internet is being controlled by a corrupt industry. We need to stop it.” (p. 3 ll. 88-89) Text 2 “You like my poems? So pay for them” is an article written by Wendy Cope who is an acclaimed English poet. The text deals with the importance of copyright for the originators of poems. She finds that the amount of illegal publishing of poems is enormous, she...
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...City. Out of the Past was filmed in 1947 and directed by Jacques Tourneur. It is a superb example of film noir due to its convoluted dreamlike storyline and the impressive chiaroscuro cinematography. It has since, been added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” in 1991. Sin City on the other hand is a 2005 neo-noir film produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. The former being an actual film from Hollywood’s most celebrated but relatively unknown era in filmography, differs vastly from that of Sin City but at the same time drawing similarities in comparison generated from the various aspects of film noir. This will be further analyzed by comparing the two films to what film noir is comprised of. Looking back into the history of film noir and why it was deemed so important, there were four catalytic elements that could define the technique and the distinct trait of noir drew from them. War and post war disillusionments, post war realism, the German influence and the hardboiled traditions. Out of the Past was heavily based around these elements as it was of that time period whereas Sin City made only a few years back, had no direct relation with such elements. However, Sin City still retained many similarities, as they are two films of the same filmography technique and style. Recurring themes from film noir are showcased in both the films such as...
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...and lifestyle. If someone were to ask me about college, I wouldn’t respond with the typical “Can Opener” answer. It’s much more than just getting money. I also agree that comparing college to a can opener is almost idiotic, especially if you were to dig deeper and see that there’s more to a college education than meets the eye, which cannot be said about a can opener. While a college education helps in getting a job, it also goes beyond and above in furthering our experience and knowledge of the world around us. I wholly agree with the author of the article, clearly stating that college does not only affect our working lives, but every single aspect of our life, as we gain the skills to appreciate the little things more. We see things that other people can’t. That is truly invaluable to me, having the knowledge to look past the surface meaning and understand the hidden messages threaded throughout stories and movies. A college education is not a can opener. A college education is the stepping-stone through a variety of opportunities, like our author had stated multiple times. With college there’s obvious advances in science and technology, and basically even the future of our country. Employers trust us more as the college experience builds our character and outlook on certain things. I find this article magnificent, as it justifies my wants to pursue a college education even...
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...Abstract Conducting, comparing and contrasting surveys are a very important part of research. This assignment will review three various types of surveys and evaluate the information that was derived from them. This paper will also include a simple survey to provide a demonstration of the understanding of a sample size determination and the use of a sample size calculator. Survey Sample Size Introduction: This assignment will compare and contrast three different surveys that relate to three separate venues and determine which one would be the most accurate. Part 1 Entertainment Survey: This article was written about the travel and tourisms importance in some major cities as a source of economical gain. The cities that were polled included 1,110, but only 463 of the cities participated. This survey showed that 54% of the city leaders realized the direct affect that tourism and travel had on their own city’s economies (Poole, 2000). This type of survey can show a media group or a supporting company that more investments should be put into a city to make that particular city travel friendly and provide more entertainment for tourists. By reading this type of survey a company can determine the best areas in which to initiate projects that could attract more tourists as this can increase the company’s revenues. Political Survey: A great example of a political survey is the one that was conducted by The Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index. This...
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...Divine Paper This paper reviews an article that discusses aspects of the female divine in contemporary culture. The article is called, “It's all ancient Greek to me; the latest design trend celebrates the power of modern goddesses while giving their inner women freedom to move,” by Edwina Ings-Chambers. Also summarizing the article mentioned above, this paper compares the article between the modern female divine images with mythic examples of feminine divine. Feminine divine in mythology relates to feminine goddesses. In some cultures, feminine goddesses were viewed of as supernatural immortal beings. Goddesses had special powers to control nature, fertility and agriculture among others. Many of these goddesses had similar figures to human women and were thought to also share some human emotions. In today’s general American culture, goddesses are believed by many to just be a myth. In contrast and as mentioned in Leonard & McClure, the discoveries of many ancient feminine shaped artifacts may contribute to several other groups believing that goddesses had previously existed. “A growing number of archaeologists and anthropologists and other scholars, including historians, theologians, literary critics, and social theorists, have seen in these artifacts proof than human societies worshiped an all-powerful Great Goddess from whom the many goddesses of the historical period are descended” (Leonard & McClure, 2004, p. 102). The article by Edwina Ings-Chambers is about...
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...entertainment. My goal is to find a laptop that is properly suited for online research, typing (writing software), playing games, and streaming/downloading movies, videos, and music. Therefore, I will need a laptop that has lots of space/memory, can multi-task without lagging, a good video/audio card and speakers, and a fast processor with good amount of RAM. I will therefore be comparing the 3 laptops mainly in those areas. I will also need a printer to print the research papers I type up and other school work such as articles for researching. I found 3 laptops that I will compare in order to determine which of the 3 best suits my needs. All 3 are sold by BestBuy. The first laptop is a Dell Inspiron, which costs $549.99. It has an Intel Dual Core processor with a speed of 3 GHz. It has a 6 GB RAM memory and 4 MB of cache memory. Therefore, these specs show that this laptop is good enough to run multiple (but not too many) programs simultaneously without lagging and perform fast. Furthermore, it has a hard drive disk space of 1 TB, which is sufficient to run the Windows 10 operating system, the software I am interested in (which will be discussed later in the “Software” section), and any word, spreadsheet, or presentation documents I will need to save to the hard drive. Additionally, it will suffice for any videos, movies, or music I will download. It also has an HD graphics card with a MaxxAudio sound card and speakers which “delivers unparalleled audio performance...
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...forms. The most obvious mode is television but includes radio, internet, video games, movies and printed media. Australian mass media plays an important role in modern Australian society, especially in the lives of teenagers. Mass media has a detrimental effect on teenage lives for several reasons. The first being that it encourages young people to emulate behaviours of individuals that could be dangerous or illegal. Furthermore inactive television viewing contributes to the increase of childhood obesity, while violence in the media is another ever-growing factor. If this is not bad enough, our media also serves to sexualise children. These factors are reasons...
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... Belief in team work. Experienced in leadership. Commitment and integrity. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Professional: DEGREE | YEAR OF PASSING | INSTITUTE / UNIVERSITY | PERCENTAGE | BMMBachelors of mass media. | 2013 | R.D. National, Bandra. | 65.56 | PROJECTS HANDLED: Project Title | Project Objective | 1.College events/festivals –Cutting Chai. | * Marketing and P.R | 2. Movie making – * Naughty Nutt * Commercial ad-for a product given to us forFast Track coming up withshoes * Anaya * Systemless * Remake of Alice in Wonderland. | * A short movie on ice age character made by editing and merging clips from different movies. * Shot an ad by self-based on the story line and concept * Creative director for all 3 movies. | 3. Photography – * Cutting Chai * Zeitgiest( college fest) * Biltzkreig. | * Covered the 3 day long college festival. * Won 1st place. * Stood 2nd | 4. Other projects- a) Times & tales of Radio mirchib) Bin it Rally c) Save Water Rallyd) Calender shoot for Rotaract Club.e)Sanskruti – fund raiser. f) Graphic designing for ‘Indulgence’ cake shop, Wadala.g) Jai Constructionh) Finplan (Financial Institute) | * Comic book for project. * Led the project. * Organised the rally. * Creative director. * Event manager (creatives) * Made stationery, logo, print ads. * Logo,...
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...low priced and adaptable to the needs of the family leads to analyze the decision whether to continue with cable television or switch to internet streaming. Home entertainment in America is constantly evolving side by side with technology. The Cable television industry has been dominating home entertainment market for many years but a new industry is now in the challenge, the new competitor is Internet Streaming Service and is also rising with technology. In his book, On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies, Dr. Tyron explains, “Digital delivery not only affects the economic models of the movie industry but also promotes an on-demand culture, in which the practices of movie-going and the perceptions of media culture are transformed. Movie viewers are now re-imagined as individualized and mobile, able to watch practically anywhere or anytime they wish, while having access to aspects of film culture—such as film festivals and art-house movies—that have in the past been available only in specific locations” (Tyron p.173 2013). Internet Streaming Service is part of the “On-Demand culture” that is also part of the competition with Cable TV services. Even though Cable television is adapting to Internet Streaming Service technology and is actively trying to merge cable broadcasting with internet streaming,...
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...Evaluative Summary: Does TV Make You Smarter? Steven Johnson, an author of seven books, wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine in 2005 called, “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” In the article, Johnson explains that he believes watching television makes you smarter because it forces you to “pay attention, make inferences, [and] track shifting social relationships” (279). Johnson then takes it one step further by comparing television from the past and the present, and the amount of threading the shows contain. He goes on to explain that the multi-threading used in television today affects how our minds work and in the end make us smarter. Although, Johnson uses many excellent examples in this article to persuade the audience that television is not a bad thing such as 24 and Hill Street Blues. While I do believe that television might be affecting us mentally, I don’t believe that lounging on the couch watching any of the shows Johnson mentioned in this article will sincerely make me a smarter person. Which is why I must disagree with Johnson in thinking that television makes you stronger. In the article, Johnson talks about a concept called the, “Sleeper Curve” (279). Johnson goes on to describe this concept as “the most debased forms of mass diversion” (279). He even goes on to describe video games and violent television as nutritional, that these everyday activities we do work our cognitive faculties without us even realizing that it’s happening. Now Johnson might...
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