Cinema of the United States

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    find out the ideal way to format and enhance it in order to make it perfect. This was helped substantially by a book called ‘Save the Cat’ by Blake Snyder [1]. In looking at various points towards the Femme Fatale and castration anxiety, we looked at the book ‘Feminism and Film’ by Maggie Humm [2] and ‘Visual and Other Pleasures’ by Laura Mulvey [3]. These helped us in writing and portraying phallic imagery (in the form of a gun) and the death of Mia for castration anxiety, the gun being the weapon used in order for the male to retake control of a situation. We also retried various points from Mulvey’s other resource on ‘Visual Pleasures and Narrative Cinema’ [4]. To create a style similar to that of classic hollywood films, we read up on David Broadwell’s chapters the Classic Hollywood style in ‘The Classical Hollywood Cinema’ [5], helping us to create the tension and adrenaline in the chase…

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    was the first blockbuster film in American history. It was an amazing feat of cinema and nailed its place in history. However, while “The Birth of a Nation” boasts these achievements it is without question one of the most racist movies of all time. This movie not only show glorifies the Ku Klux Klan as heroes of America, but also shows the misrepresentation of black people and the role that black people will have in films. Looking back at the time the film was released there was still a racist…

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    The studio system was essential in the success of early American Cinema. It ensured that total control of the movies belonged to the biggest studios in Hollywood that made them (Classic Hollywood Central Editors, 2011). The ‘Big Five’ created the studio system to ensure they made the most profit. The ‘Big Five’ consisted of 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Paramount, Warner Bros., and RKO Radio. There were three smaller studios close behind: Universal, Columbia, and United Artists…

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    Hard Core: How the struggle over censorship saved the modern film industry states that although Valenti stated that it was wrong to bicker over the content of a film in his memoirs, even though in 1966, he was “arguing with grown men and women over these matters” (Lewis, 2002). Furthermore, the widely publicized censorship case of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf was presented as a movie that received an “exemption”, even though the screenplay was edited involving the removal of the phrase “screw…

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    development of Television, low finances, and the Supreme Court decision on the Paramount Case. Although the 1940s through the 1960s brought on factors that led to the fall of Hollywood and the Studio System it created, it gave way to new aspects and ideas that expanded the American Film Industry and created a new system. The fall of the system may have led to some very unsuccessful years in Hollywood and the American Film Industry, but the outcome of what seemed to be a very bad situation gave…

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    Westdale Movie Theatre is the only single screen theatre remaining in Hamilton (Wilson, 2012). It was built in the 1930s and is the only theatre constructed in that period to still continue to function as a cinema today (Wilson, 2012). The 1930s and 1940s were known as the golden days of movies; during this time there were over 20 movie theatres within Hamilton that served the public and consisted of theatre that were small and contained roughly 400 seats, to medium sized theatres that contained…

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    Analysis Of Fight Club

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    the writer would try to discuss how the narrative and the mise-en-scene (characters and props) in the film Fight Club conveys and constructs meanings that the reign of consumerism and society’s fascination in the society. Firstly, The Director condemns consumerism and society’s fascination in the modern society through the film. In the beginning scene of Fight Club, the narrator (also calls Jack) is a slave of the commodities to what he calls “the Ikea nesting instinct”. All of the furniture,…

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    Ichi The Killer Movie

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    How do the Westerners perceive the Asian culture? How does an audience viewing a movie made in their own country see the film? And how does cult cinema make an impact in the history of film, bringing in vastly different cultures together to appreciate art. Those are the questions I'll be answering. In this essay let’s talk about the cultural differences and consumption of the movie; Ichi the Killer, directed by Takashi Miike, originally a manga made by Hideo Yamamoto. I will be talking about the…

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    Hollywood is such a competitive place, actors’ jobs are simply to make movies and such, however, this is not exactly a stable job. The Hollywood limelight is such a competitive place, unfortunately, some people who actually have what it takes to make it big, don't get their chance simply because, there are some who are really just more famous, but just because they're famous, doesn't mean they're exceptionally talented. When people talk about great actors, they would immediately think of Tom…

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    Chaplin’s living situation was very harsh and confusing especially for being so young. Peterson also states, when his mom was sent into different asylums, he had to live with his father who was a very bad alcoholic, and his house was not ever safe for Chaplin to stay. When Chaplin was only twelve years old, his father died from alcohol abuse. Therefore, Chaplin and his siblings were raised in poverty and despair (1-2). Chaplin’s first time performing in front of an audience was at age five. He…

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