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With American big blockbuster and independent films (Indies), there are many factors that contribute to the production of each. Even though both types of films can be great there are similarities and difference in the way they are made. The budget, cast, and film production concept are the biggest factors I will expand upon. The biggest difference between independent movies and big production movies is the budget the film is allotted. While in the comedy “22 Jump Street”, the budget was 65…

In the case of violence in media, the amount of violence needs to be regulated among age groups as today many young children are able to witness inappropriate content throughout all forms of media. This display of violence in activities that children participate in everyday can have a negative effect on them. Young children often do copy what they see and they are most at risk when it comes to this over exposure of violence. More than ever before our youth is exposed to large amounts of violence…

Most people have seen a movie trailer, if it was good it may have convinced them to see the film, but if it was not good, it may have not convinced them to see the movie. Watching a trailer is usually seen as a good idea before seeing the movie. It allows one to appreciate the grand work of art a movie is, but it can also show how terrible a movie is. However, trailers can influence consumers, and do more than just demonstrate the idea of a particular movie. Therefore, the consumer’s opinion and…

Star Cinema Grill is a movie theater and restaurant that has become very popular. While watching a movie, a person can order an entire meal and enjoy the meal during the movie. They have a large range of foods from burgers to spaghetti. It also has has a full bar and lobby for those who show up a little early for their movie. Is a combination restaurant and movie theater a positive alternative to dining out followed by a movie separately? The seats at Star Cinema Grill are wider and much…

fascination with movies and films, thus acting as a stimulator of growth for the Movie Theater Industry. Although the film and movie consumers around the world get satisfaction from the heavy presence of movie theatres and exhibition around the world, many investors are faced with stiff competitive rivalry thus limiting their market share in the industry. In addition, the increase of…

impacted the experience the film provide. One direct impact to viewers is the actual experience of film. With the increase demand of video streaming and digital releasing, viewing film together with the movie going experience has completely been transformed. One might have viewed watching a film in a movie theatre as a way to escape from their reality, while taking in the opportunity to go out of the confinement of their home. With the constructive social potential of being joined by friends…

Introduction Windowing was originally used as the film industry’s strategy to garner more revenue based off of one film’s release dates. A film would originally get distributed in a theatrical release. There would then roughly be a four month gap, or window, between when the film was taken out of cinemas and released via DVD (Miller, 2015). In having a gap between cinema and DVD release the film industry thought it would generate ‘hype’ surrounding the film. They thought it would create this…

Introduction In the mid to late 1990’s, the term “disruptive technology” was first used by Clayton Christiansen in his Harvard Business Review article Disruptive Technology. Since then, the term has grown to encompass a great deal. People also increasingly use it to mean more than what Mr. Christiansen originally described it to be. In fact, he looks back and feels that the words he used were not the best choice to describe his theory. To gain a better understanding of what this, or any,…

Pedro Almodovar’s twentieth feature film, Julieta, chronicles the title character’s life as she is forced to reflect upon her riddled past and confront the tragic circumstances that surround the disappearance of her daughter. Almodovar based Julieta off of a series of short stories written by Nobel Prize winning author Alice Munro, which follow three stages of a Canadian woman’s life who faces similar circumstances. At it’s conception, Julieta was intended to be Almodovar 's first…

The Film Adaptation of the “Unfilmable” Watchmen In 2009, Zack Snyder filmed the first and only adaption of what was considered to be an “unfilmable” (Van Ness 172) graphic novel: Alan Moore’s Watchmen. Moore was a firm believer in the fact that it was a story unable to be transferred over from a comic to another medium – the story was meant to stay in the medium it was designed for. The graphic novel allows for a complex, metatextual narrative structure to be employed to tell such the story of…