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specialist scientific or medical journal which will have greater credibility than a report on the same subject in popular press); Context (e.g. a health article published or broadcast during a disease outbreak will be read differently than at other times); Audience characteristics such as age, sex, race, ethnicity, education levels and socioeconomic position which will all affect ‘readings’ of media content. Qualitative content analysis examines the relationship between the text and its likely…

Film noir, a genre of darkness, of shadows, of hardboiled loners and bottom-feeders. The term noir was coined by French film critic Nino Frank in 1946 that literally means “Black Film”. This essay will discover how film noir is affected by the context of history as well as its course of evolution to reach its state nowadays. This would collectively enhance my degree of understanding of this influential genre of filmmaking. The origin of film noir dates back to the 1930s, the great depression…

Jake Gyllenhaal has five movies in the works right now. All but one is in pre-production. "Nocturnal Animals" is in pre-production and will be released in 2016. Based on Austin Wright's novel "Tony and Susan" and was written and directed by Tom Ford. It stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Michael Shannon, Armie Hammer, Amy Adams, Kim Bassinger, and Isla Fisher. "Okja" is in pre-production and will be released in 2016. Written and directed by Joon-ho Bong, the film stars Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Tilda…

In the genre of film musicals, there was never a better time than during the 1950’s. They have been considered the most escapist of all major film genres and are full to the brim with songs and dance routines centred on the main idea of romance. In these musicals there is a main point of focus for these films,, which was an escapist vision of reality given to the audience members, which, shows them searching for love, success, wealth, and/or popularity. This aspect is a major in film musicals,…

During the Golden Era, Hollywood couldn’t make movies fast enough. Movies were in demand and the Big Five were making money hand-over-fist. They controlled everything that had anything to do with movies from production to exhibition. In 1946 the studios had made an astonishing $121,000,000 in profits. The years after World War II, the film industry changed radically and Hollywood began a period of decline. In 1950, the studios’ soaring profits dropped to $31,000,000 (Lewis, 2008). This…

Alan Grant at first, was unwilling to spend some quality time with his kids, Lex and Tim. Right before they go to Jurassic Park, Tim asks his father questions. We see that he gets annoyed by this, and then he shuts the jeep door while he is still talking. Soon later, a storm hits the park, and ten a T-Rex escapes…

American Multi-Cinema or AMC as its most commonly referred to, is the largest theater company in the world with over 380 theaters nationwide. In other words, it is the titan of the movie theater industry. In this paper I am going to talk about AMC's humble beginnings, it's innovations and its success in becoming the largest theater company in the world. I'm going to begin with, how the seed of AMC was planted. AMC Theaters achieved its start in Kansas City thanks to the Dubinsky brothers;…

we see Rick as a person who does things only for himself. He does not care that there is a war going on and he does not care about his lover, Yvonne. Rick also does not care about his customers and he will not accept any drinks from them. Multiple times in the movie, Rick says, “I stick my neck out for nobody.” This shows that he is only interested in himself. During WWII, America would not join the war because they thought that it would not benefit them at all. They would only…

Music that the characters can hear plays important roles on a few separate occasions. It sets the initial mood of the cafe which is light and happy and jazzy. Then, when Ilsa comes, she asks the pianist to play “As Time Goes By,” which is the song that she and Rick were both very attached to when they were in love together in France - this song becomes very important to the theme because it not only makes them remember their relationship, but it represents their relationship…

The 8th Quentin Tarantino film is coming. Even in pre production, there was an unprecedented amount of hype for The Hateful Eight. The script leaked and a film fans from all around the world flocked to get an early glimpse of what Tarantino’s 8th feature has in stall for us all but then- it was called off. QT abandoned the film and said he would publish it because he had “Plenty more where that came from”. It seemed that our own eagerness had ruined the fun and that like a petulant boy who took…