Diaz-Abaya, this is GMA Films’ entry to the 1998 Metro Manila Film Festival. It is considered as one of the biggest budgeted films in the Philippine movie history with a record of P80-million. This film was dubbed as the most spectacular and “controversial” Philippine film epic because of its record-breaking 80-million budget. The film won several prestigious awards and has also premiered at several well-known film festivals around the world including the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 and
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Influence of Entertainment Media Over the years, there have been many ways that various forms of entertainment media, like movies, and television has influenced American culture. All you have to do is to look at how our fashion, hairstyles, even the way we speak is influenced by entertainment media. Influences for entertainment media are all around us, and whether we want to or not we are influenced by them every day. Some major American values are individuality, privacy
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The struggle of Antoine throughout the movie is very explicit. He was just a plain victim of unfortunate lying like when he punished by his teacher because he was holding a sexy photo even though he does not own it. It was just too unfortunate of him that every time he lies, he was caught up. And when he tries to say the truth, no one believes him. I believe that there is always a risk in lying and that is being caught. Good for those who lie but was not caught. But there was one lucky mistake that
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My favourite film genre is animated movies but for adults. I love animated movies in general but I am more sensibilized by adults'films. In those animated films, there is always a kind of morals but more complicated than in animated cartoon for children. I think about one of my cult animated film : Paprika ( directed by Satoshi Kon) which is a reference in animation, all the film is a thinking about the border between reality and fiction. It's an idea that children cannot really understand and even
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Andrea Jimenez Peter Churchill Lit 15 6 Oct 2014 McCabe and Mrs. Miller There are many things used in this particular film that are used to show multiple meanings, but they are hard to catch unless you watch the movie more than once and stop it on certain parts and visualize a specific scene. In this movie the relationship between McCabe and Mrs. Miller is not like a regular relationship they are more like business partners. During one of the scenes Mrs. Millers voice raises when she becomes
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Entertainment Media and American Culture Entertainment media and culture have a huge influence on American culture and values. It is the central news and entertainment and educational information for all generations. It has grown rapidly with an advance in technology. First there was the radio where families sat down together and company came over for fellowship. Then the newspaper held all of the news that was important at the time with sports, world news and comic strips. Television had us
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movies. In fact, we can define that Hollywood films could be as a mirror to reflect the whole society. They have examined the ways in which themes developed in the movies sometimes reveal or verify shifts in the public’s interests, hopes, and fears. Next, I will argue that there is connection between Hollywood films and increasing violence, by three parts: the impact on children, teenagers and adults. First of all, observation of violent Hollywood films spurs aggression in children, who are under 12
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they will like this particular film, especially if the writer and director give the expectations a little twist” (Truby, 2010). Genre theory is used in the examination of films in order to enable the classification of films. Genres are dependent on many influences, such as story line, what the audience expects and who the director is. Genre theory is how we describe films; it is the method of shortening literary works. Plot and Story The feature-length film I chose was The Help (2013), which
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Nowadays, entertainment has become an essential demand of people's lives. In order to enjoy lives people come up with many different ways to entertain themselves. As far as I'm concerned, I also have my own entertainment; therefore, I clarify my amusement according to its benefits. Traveling is categorized the most common means of relaxation because traveling brings me a boundless inspiration. For instance, I try to save money so as to travel and discover many places, or I work extra hours to
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Spurlock's reputation doesn't seem good enough for them, they are scared that being featured in this movie is going to damage their brand image. But brands, who want to be considered transparent or playful probably will be interested in sponsoring such a film. Some of the companies that agreed to sponsor the movie are Hyatt, POM Wonderful, Mini Cooper, JetBlue. They were taking risks, considering the fact that Spurlock was the man behind “Supersize Me” documentary, but overall I think it worked out well
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