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Heritage films refer to a period of films, initially European, that emerged in the 1980’s and 90’s. Though there is a long list of films that are classified as ‘heritage films’, this type of motion picture is not defined as a declared genre, but rather a list of characteristics declared by the movie industry that classify these films. This paper discusses the characteristics that define a ‘heritage film’, how Tom Hooper’s film The King’s Speech represents the characteristics of a ‘heritage…

to release huge movies. Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Avatar, and Titanic have all seen gigantic numbers during this time of the year. This makes Winter the new Summer for movies. Sure, there are now Avengers films being released at that time, but December is where they roll out the films that could be nominated for awards. If you take a look at this holiday season — I have taken a guess at starting from October 1st – January 6th, because October 1st is the first official time I saw a…

delivery services which bill based on viewing time and number of plays requires a long saga, and turning hit films into series contributes significantly to the efficiency of film planning, advertising, and promotion. The influx of tremendous amounts of capital from major developing economies such as China is also having a major impact on movie stories as well. The virtual enemy nations (in films) that lived on despite the major transformation in existing values brought on by the end of…

to make money. Take for example, the film Apocalypto, written and directed in part by Mel Gibson. This type of ‘crafted’ history is ill suited for study, for these films merely warp an already general understanding of the events they describe based on little narrative history to base it on. The film Apocalypto is one of those films: visually attractive, brash, gory and above all, degrading to a once formidable civilization, the Maya. Cynicism aside, the film is not in English, the dialogue is…

Strangelove also uses props, but much more subtly in order to reflect the dangers in preventing a nuclear war. The props are not used for pure comedic effect, they are simply used to highlight absurdities. In the first scene on the B-52 jet carrying the nuclear bombs, the military personnel are reading Playboy and playing cards. These are not necessarily the actions that should be occurring on a plane carrying nuclear, humanity-destroying bombs. Therefore, the props in the slapstick comedies…

whitewashing in Hollywood films has been around for a long time and it needs to come to a stop because it promotes fear and resistance to change in audiences,…

The fast-growing industry in Georgia is the film industry. The Motion Picture Association of America reported, the Georgia film industry currently ranks 3rd in the nation behind California and New York. It pulls in nearly 3,000 motion-picture and television industry businesses, including 1,957 production-related companies. The film industry has a direct spend of $2.02 billion. In the 2016 fiscal year, the economic impact was more than $7…

throughout his film career but had a couple memorable films. He mainly was…

outcomes that can occur when people challenge the stereotypes. Hans Zimmer born 1957 is a German film composer who is known for his work on ‘The Dark Night Rises’, ‘Inception’ and ‘Gladiator’. When asked to compose for ‘12 Years a Slave' Zimmer believed that he wasn't worthy of composing for such an intense topic but after speaking to director Steve McQueen he was convinced otherwise. While composing for this film…

Three very important elements of any film are the exposition, setting, and the characters that are involved within the movie. In fact, these elements are so important that every movie has them. The exposition of a film or story takes place at the beginning of the movie and includes background information as well as the setting and usually introduces the characters of the movie. Setting describes the time and place in which a story occurs. The setting of a movie is very important to understand in…