From The Earth To The Moon Film Analysis

After viewing the clips “From the Earth to the Moon” it gave me a new perspective on film. Being a film major at Point Park I know how important it is to give rights to those who should be given the rights because that means everything in this business on who created what film. Plagiarism is unacceptable and is very disappointing to see it happen because it is a form of stealing and I believe the worst form of stealing is taking someone’s ideas and claiming them to be yours. It important to remember, if you will, the golden rule; you would not want someone stealing your ideas. After watching and learning that Thomas Edison stole George Melees’s film I felt upset for Melees because he worked so hard on creating a great production and then to have it ripped from him would be an awful feeling. Edison was an amazing inventor and did contribute to film, but stealing someone’s film and claiming it as yours is not ok. It was easy for Edison to do this because at the time news traveled slow; Melees was in France and focused on his productions, knowing nothing of what Edison was doing in American. Plagiarism was not something many people cared about and did not worry about giving people their due rights. Edison would not be able to get away with stealing …show more content…
You would not want your idea stolen so do not do it to others. Ideas can be special and personal and if would be taken away from me I would be upset because I want to people to know my work. As a film major what you create is all that matters and what you make is your resume. Without your films and the projects you work on your career is nothing. I would fight to keep my ideas because just like any item those are mine. I do understand why it is important to cite your work that way no one can take your ideas or if they try they can be caught. By citing your paper you are giving that person credit, which is doing the honorable