As previously mentioned, the Golden Age of Piracy has become romanticized. It is due to this, that many scholars have seemed to have formed the opinion that the violent acts committed during the Golden Age have become blurred and even overlooked. Yet, as much as scholars want to think this is something new, the acts of piracy have always been blurred. Piracy is commonly referred to as the practice of attacking and robbing at sea or a coastal region. When piracy was just getting started in…
Pyramids. Another example of animation is cave covered in art work of cavemen slaying Dinosaurs. Although animation have come a long way, it is very popular today. Animation is seen in a lot of films, commercials, movies, videos, story boards, and clay toy models. QUOTE Bruno Bozzetto is an film maker and animation artist. He was born in Italy,…
“Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!” (The Wizard of Oz). The Wizard of Oz was one of the many great things to come out of the 1930s. Even through the great depression, humanity still evolved and brought new cultures and inventions throughout the 1930s. Although hard times plagued the people, that didn’t stop them from living their lives. The new inventions and rich culture defined this era. The sources of entertainment, fashion, and inventions kept people going in the rough times of the…
society that is full of different groups of people—and yet, very few of these groups are adequately portrayed in movies and TV shows. These media are seen by millions of people, and yet rarely do the viewers see themselves. As an example, in the top 500 films of 2007-2014, only 30% of the speaking characters were female. When women or minorities are portrayed onscreen at all,…
has a significant impact on modern popular culture through the changes he brought the movie industry. No other twentieth-century movie producer has had a massive effect on the film business than George Lucas. His enthusiasm for development produced innovation that altered films. His business understanding transformed film into a multibillion-dollar industry. His "Star Wars" set of three introduced the time of the Hollywood super blockbuster. (Norwich). Lucas was born in Modesto, California, on…
The film JFK is an example of historical streamlining. The film changed the debate regarding the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Oliver Stone utilized an important historical character and chain of events for his own profit. He created myths and twisted history. He outright distorted history to further his artistic agenda. Oliver Stone’s film JFK blurs the lines between fact and fiction much like other docudramas. One of the most controversial topics about the film JFK is Stone’s argument…
Fairytales, Femininity and Film: Feminine Ideals in American and Japanese Children’s Animation The nature of social expectations evident in children’s animated films is compelling. Socialization structures, values, morals, spirituality, gender expectations, and national culture and identity are all expressed through animated media and marketed toward children. Animation is more than entertainment, it is a major means by which children assimilate culture. Film is one of the most useful sets of…
The Film, Reimagined To reimagine the seventh installation of the epic fantasy series Star Wars in the tradition of the French New Wave of the late 1950s/60s, one would have to drastically reconsider and revise the film’s budget, cinematography, special effects, and, perhaps most importantly, point of view and narrative style. Within the reimagining, the basic plot and characters would remain the same because the plot and characters are quite archetypical; they maintain their integrity and…
unacceptable parts. It also helps parents keep track of what their children watch or play. It is proven that it is better to have censorship on music, games, and movies because what most kids see they want to try. In 1907, Chicago, the second biggest film market at the time, gave the chief of police the power to issue and deny permits for movie exhibition based on the moral grounds – making it one of the first municipalities to begin exercising censorship over movie content ("Censorship in…
Disney is a liar! It lies about truths in its media. Furthermore, my topics of argument are social, cultural, and historical aspects of Disney’s media. These are present in High School Musical, Aladdin, and Pocahontas. In order to increase educational value, Disney should improve the accuracy of the social, historical, and cultural aspects of their media. Disney lies about social life of kids and teenagers in their media. Disney’s media stays away from the truths of real social life, and the…