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How did Paramount get to where it is today? There may be some things that you may not even have known about this company and what it was doing. At one point Paramount was part of the “Big Five” studios. The “Big five studious were at its highest peak during the Golden Age of Hollywood. They were profiting on film making like there was no competition. This was possible due to block booking. They were selling a really good film that had an assortment to the bundle some of them being good and some…

It’s common practice for movie studios to greenlight sequels, even sequels to movies that few people particularly ask for. This is that grey area in Hollywood where box office success supersedes creativity - and as it pertains to Neighbors, which currently stands as Seth Rogen’s highest grossing film to date (live-action role, at least), it makes perfect sense for there to be a sequel. Right? The 2014 summer box office hit grossed $240 million against a miniscule $18 million production budget…

adolescent living in a Chicago suburb that fakes an illness to have a day off from school. Foolishness ensues that day; however, by the end of the day everything was as it was before. The movie had such a believable feel that anyone could put themselves in his shoes regardless of age, and that is why the movie continues to be a pop hit to this day. Honda hit the ball out of the park by bringing Matthew Broderick to do such an outlandish advertisement. The commercial begins with an older Matthew…

as both crew and performers, Smith worked all day and shot all night using his workplace as the set. Clerks tells is the bawdy tale of two friends dealing with getting older, relationships, living in the past and what lies ahead told through pop movie references, dirty jokes and eccentric characters. The film revolves around Dante Hicks, a self-loather who sees the glass half empty. Clerking at Quick Stop Convenience Store, he dreams of more but holds himself back even with prodding by his…

The mise-en-scene itself has been created in a “shabby” environment in order to implement the context of the scene. The setting is a reflection of each of the characters disposition, particularly to that of Brett. The setting of a small, cheap, and untidy appearance to the apartment combined with tattered furniture and dim low-key lighting, due to the only source of light being from a singular window, gives the impression that Jules is providing a sense of opportunity those inhibited in poor…

How do film classifications impact people’s viewing decisions? Film classifications can impact the viewing decisions of the people in different ways however to main goal is to provide viewers, mainly parents, with information to allow parents to make informed viewing decisions related to content in films (Classification.gov.au, 2014). The current system of film ratings emerged in 1968 and greatly impacted the industry as prior to this the rating system was simply a series of guidelines as to…

Discuss the way that new digital technology has had an effect on film form and/or exhibition: This is an era of rapidly changing technology. This technology changes the way people eat, move, work… it affects every aspect of everyday life. Technology is also affecting film form. The way that the industry makes, edits and releases films is all affected by digital technology. High Resolution digital cameras are utilised in most budgeted film productions, most productions go through an editing…

One may find it hard to find a direct relationship between films and nations, and their roles in an increasingly transnational world. In order to understand the relationship between film and nation, there needs to be an understanding of tradition as well as modernity. Throughout history, one could argue that nations could be defined easily by the films that were made there, and produced by people from there as well. In modern day society, however, this is not the case. A single film cannot…

Everyone knows about the American movie business. Millions of dollars go into financing big movie projects just to entertain ourselves away from the real world, and millions of dollars are sent back in tickets to go see these films. Certainly, this business has been booming for the past one-hundred years, and we keep on fueling the fire. Movies aren’t just about entertainment only. Many films have become part of the American culture, and many films from the US show how Americans think and…

Although the movie El Topo is widely viewed as a cinema classic within the film industry and by movie critics it still lacks any name recognition on the mainstream, and has almost zero appeal to the modern mainstream audiences. However, despite the challenges of a rerelease of El Topo it still has the potential to make a profit in its rerelease. Due to the popularity of many of its advocates most notable of which is John Lennon, and its strong cult following are the film possesses a very vocal…