make the most of the out of the entertainment. As discussed above, Jaws was one of the first movies that brought about this concept of merchandising (Biskind, 1975). These are some of the components that can make or break the financial success of the film. Thus, the blockbuster syndrome was the time period when movies were evaluated and judged by their marketing effort rather than production quality and value. Due to that, even the movies that are low on critical claim or box office success such…
movie instead of finishing or even starting to read a book. Still, movies are visually pleasing, the main points get covered rapidly, and it’s unlikeable that a movie will last more than two hours, plus, the movie industry is constantly making new films, at least one’s a week there’s a new movie available. Whereas, with books is possible to wait even years for the sequel to come out. Sadly, movies have time and budget limitations that leads to the directors cutting down details that the original…
of the crucifixion of Christ from an initial non-believer 's perspective. I have never viewed a religious movie before, whether it be at home or in a theatre. I chose to see Risen in the theatre on a Saturday night in order to observe not only the film itself, but the atmosphere in general, including the drive both to and from the theatre. From noisy and crowded to quiet and focused, by the end of Risen, the viewer’s reactions, including my own, had significantly changed. The movie start…
3/21/18 The Dust Bowl Film (sections of disk one and two) This film talks about the difficulties of the Dust Bowl and shows the destruction it caused. This film talks about the viewpoints of the people who lived through it. It mentions how historians have viewed this disaster as well. It gives lots of information about this historical event. The Dust Bowl occurred during the time of the economic disaster of the Great Depression. It mentions how daily events like the sun shinning were changed…
There are many debates as to why people are against men and women’s identities being made public they say it goes against everything our penal system has put for us to go by. Many sex offenders use the registry to help them change their own information, they sometimes find out how to alter their names and how to change their weight and height and this makes them less vulnerable to the police being able to find them. If sex offender’s do not report if they…
Often times iconic scenes in a movie will have amazing music, sound effects and vocals to tie the whole scene together, and with all of these, visuals are not really needed, they will only give a crystal clear image of what the director has already portrayed with sound. One example could be the shower scene in Psycho; if you turn off the screen and only listen to the sound; an almost crystal clear visual is made because you can hear what is actually going on. Another perfect example is the…
Run, Sheep, Run is a short story written by Rosemary Howland that follows Nancy Martin’s perspective on Mattie Babcock, the new girl at school. Mattie seems to be different than the girls and boys at Edison High, being tall and big boned. In the story, she is described as having a plain face, drab hair, and a big toothy smile, which was the main thing that everyone at Edison High noticed. Before reading this short story, I read the title, which is what I usually do before indulging myself in a…
PART TWO: In the Film Harold and Maude, we follow the story of a boy named Harold who is obsessed with death and inexplicably, kills himself multiple times with no effect. This film is a solid example of pushing the limits of Classic Hollywood Film, it includes known actors, a fair budget, good special effects and was produced by one of the “big five” film companies, namely, Paramount Pictures. In the film Harold and Maude, Harold Chasen, a nineteen-year old death obsessed boy, elaborately…
Although a lot of stories may differ in a lot of ways, the key components always stay the same. A writer must have a good set of characters, a good plot, a good theme, and all the things of that nature. Every person may have a different idea of what makes a particular story “interesting” to them, and keeps them wanting to go back and read the story more and more. For a person like me, I would have to say that the theme of the story can really keep interest. A theme that can truly resonate beyond…
Childers Hunter Childers Hensley English 11/Fourth period 08 January 2018 Part 1: Plot Summary The Boarded Window is a short story about a small log cabin in the middle if the woods right outside of Cincinnati Ohio around 1830. The man that lives there is a fifty year old man known as Murlock, he has lived here with his wife since he built this cabin one day during his youth. One day Murlock came home to find his beloved wife extremely ill. But due to the lack of doctors he decided he was…