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Within any film, the score has a major impact on the final production. No matter how impeccable the plot is, the casting choice, and the special effects are, the movie will not have quite the impact that the director envisions, unless if there is a perfect score used in a film. Although it is often overlooked by many, including me sometimes, music within movies is crucial to further the mood and energy in a scene. In the film Raiders of the Lost Ark there are many scenes that are full of action,…

As a teenager in high school I often find myself watching the newest movies as soon as they come out with a handful of friends. After watching so many movies and discussing them afterwards, it’s easy to notice a pattern. In order to strengthen my case and prove what I was observing, I studied a handful of movies that ranged from E.T. to Shrek. The common trend I noticed amongst the movies now and in the past were a lack of diversity amongst the cast which could easily be fixed with more…

When you look at movies they depict what people want to see. Some want to see tear jerker movies, or what some would call “girly movies. Some want to watch movies that have strong women roles likes, “Charlies Angels”. Some want to watch horror movies like, “Texas Change Saw Massacre”. Now the majority of people want to watch movies with guns, fast cars, sexy women or sexy men and violence. Within these type of movies there is always drugs or sex involved. When you get to these type of movies…

This film would be an independent film, because based on the plot and the message that this film is trying to send out. It would not need a huge budget to get its point across. This film would focus more on the dialogue, over action scenes like Hollywood blockbusters do. This film would instead, try to entertain the audience through a psychological standpoint, and focus on character development in the film. The best way to get this film out to the people, and to show it to a lot of people, would…

On average, American’s watch about 28 hours of television per week. Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to death” reinforces his many ideas and theories that revolve around the concept of how media is seen in a much bigger picture, and tries to offer some solutions to the issues that are happening right under our noses. It also shows how television has affected the perspectives of many and cultures in negative ways. Postman makes other points such as the how the truth can be seen or manipulated…

Television’s role in Americans’ lives has grown since its invention. Many people tune in to television for entertainment and information, be it something as trivial as weather forecast or something as big as a terrorist attack. In many cases, what people see on the television programs becomes their perceived reality. With that being said, it is comprehensible for some people to unknowingly accept the stereotypes about minorities, such as Asian-Americans, that are promoted by television, thus…

Entertainment has been around for a long time, back then it was just shows, stand up comedians, radio, and newspapers. However in this day and age, entertainment has changed drastically.It has evolved into digital streaming, television, internet and mobile devices. Anyone can have access of entertainment at any given time now that has taken a toll of people now. Society today is too interested in mindless entertainment that has become the norm in our society. It’s simple just to pick up a device…

The term block buster now is used for the movies that are extremely high in budget, and the productions that are making an attempt to 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 movie A River Runs Through It directed by Robert Redford is about a family with two brothers named Paul and Norman. The movie captures Paul and Norman’s very different lives as they get older. Although Paul and Norman grew up in the same house and were raised by the same parents, as they get older their differences begin to show immensely through times such as when Norman went off to university and Paul stayed in Montana, when the viewer is introduced to Paul’s bubbly personality and…

Television in American constitutes most of our contemporary consumerist lifestyle. The long-formed, systematic enterprise of television overlays it’s foundation for financial gain upon advertising, marketing, audiences and ratings. These topics and strategies play an important role in the making of the successful, lucrative business of television. Chapter two of Jason Mittell’s Television and American Culture extensively maps the process and history of how impactful and successful the media and…