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Picture this. The year is 1954 and you are looking to see a movie. Movie commercials on television are scarce, and you do not know what to see. So what do you do to help decide what to watch? You look at a movie poster in a theatre lobby. The movie poster for The Creature from the Black Lagoon has many different elements that help to create an image of what the actual cinematic feature may be about. By using variations of light and dark colors, the poster adds depth that creates feelings of fear…

times better. Sometimes books that are made into movies can leave some important details out, but The Freedom Writers is one of the most portrayed movies. The Freedom Writers is one of those books made into a movie. The Freedom Writers book was written by Erin Gruwell and published in 1999. The movie “Freedom Writers” was produced in 2007 by Richard LaGravenese and starred Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, and Imelda Staunton; these people made an inspirational story come to life (imdb). The story…

easy to watch and enjoyable. They both were able to gain the listener's attention from the beginning of the speech. I believe the Ethan Hawke rendition to be the best since it was the most interesting. Ethan Hawke's speech took place in a Blockbuster movie store. I found this to be very creative. By doing this the speech was made more relatable and engaging to the listeners. Ethan Hawke showed vivid emotions that kept the audience attention. The second best speech was Oliver's Hamlet. In the…

advances in video production technology and special effects. However, one of the biggest contributors to a successful motion picture is the soundtrack. The soundtrack to a movie sets tone for the action on the screen and has the ability to truly enchant the audience, creating an emotional stage of relativity between the movie storyline and the audience. We recently lost one of the greatest American composers of such a soundtrack all too soon; James Horner, born August 1953 lost his life in an…

American cinema dominated the entertainment world for decades. Even though movie attendance dropped following the Second World War, people still flocked to the cinemas for a few hours of entertainment. By the mid-1950s, however, things had begun to change. No longer was film the top source of visual entertainment, but it now had another medium with which to compete—television. Some of the biggest studios in the 1950s teamed up with network television companies to get a foot into the door of the…

used to increase the film’s actual effectiveness on the audience when coupled with the plot of the movie. The genre of a musical is so often done in a ‘real life,’ such as a high school, setting that when the sub-genre of a backstage or showbiz movie was used to express the normal musical plot points, it really created something special within the film. That something special is what has made this movie stand the test of time. The narrative of the film is good. The idea of showing…

Hollywood challenged television with its innovative technical advances to win back its lost audience to TV. The experimentation began with the release of the promo This is Cinerama in 1952, designed to introduce the wide screen process Cinerama, which became a landmark in film history. This was an attempt to show the wonders of the new widescreen format using three separate but synchronised camera images to create an enveloping picture through an arc of 146 degrees. It made the audience felt…

considered a watershed in the history of US filmmaking. Sweetback’s firm stand on racism in the movie industry and the wider US socio-political context is still pertinent today as the racist ideology is disturbingly still with us today. Hence, the importance of revisiting Sweetback to unpack its multifaceted stance and elucidate how it engages, spoofs and departs from the conventional, “whitestream” movie making practices for the sake of hammering its message home. I will confine myself to…

Department officers that serve cases toward their own meanings of justice. Although the film was made in 1997, decades past the golden age for Hollywood and Warner Bros. Entertainment, the movie can be shown to still represent the cynical and gangster-type films that Warner Bros. is reputably known for. The movie portrays the actions of police corruption that occurs throughout the city and also the intersection that this corruption has with Hollywood and media. Bursting a sense of realism, this…

Film has radically changed during the course of history. These changes can be linked to the effects of America’s historical, social, and technological advancements. Throughout film’s evolution in story, design, and production, there remains some constants. Form and content has changed dramatically in movies. The content of film has increased in variation, as over time freedom for the screen grew as regulations became more relaxed. The film’s form has constantly been improved over time to present…