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states that although Valenti stated that it was wrong to bicker over the content of a film in his memoirs, even though in 1966, he was “arguing with grown men and women over these matters” (Lewis, 2002). Furthermore, the widely publicized censorship case of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf was presented as a movie that received an “exemption”, even though the screenplay was edited involving the removal of the phrase “screw you”, and the retention of phrases such as “hump the hostess”, and numerous “God damn” phrases in Elizabeth Taylors’ character dialogue for Virginia Woolf. (Nichols, 1966) As stated beforehand, the economic pressures from foreign movies pushed big studios, like Warner Bros to create movies like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. In the case of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Warner bros. was prepared to create and market the film, whether or not the MPAA placed their arbitrary seal of approval. Furthermore, Jack Valenti implies that he, as well as the MPAA memebers were influenced by the “changing times” (Valenti, 2005) of the 1960’s, which I believe is a convenient interpretation of History used by Jack Valenti upon looking back on the period. This is not a paper on the turmoils of the 1960’s, but I can assure you that the old order wasn’t readily adaptive to the counter-culture of the mid…

On the other hand, DC Entertainment is currently owned by Warner Brothers, which is a subsidiary to Time Warner. Time Warner is broken up into 3 main segments, which includes Turner, Home Box Office and Warner Bros. As of the 2015 - 2016 television season, Warner Brothers was ranked as the number 1 producer of primetime television series in the United States. The Warner Brothers segment consists primarily of the production, distribution, licensing of television series and feature films. In…

The Paramount decision and the Hollywood blacklist caused changes in filmmaking in America. It broke up major film studios, which caused a 20% drop in film revenue and it banned 10 influential members of the film industry from working. During the post-world war era the United States economic state was booming. American’s were working full time. They had a place to call home. Additionally most owned a television which was new technology for the time. The film industry at the time consisted of…

Zoe is a normal teenager that attends high school in the big city of New York. She talks and acts like a regular New Yorker. Zoe connection with others is amazing to observe. During school hours Zoe spends the majority of her time in her classroom whether she has class or after school office hours. She is always with her friends. The majority of her friends are in the 10th grade and are taking the same classes as herself. Her group of friends are considered to be the “popular girls”. Her and her…

The studio system consisted of a small number of major studios (Paramount, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox and RKO) during the first decade of the 20th Century. The studio system, according to Barsham and Monahan 5th Edition the classical Hollywood studio system the actors’ box office appeal depended on their ability to project a screen image that audiences would love and aspire to look like. These actors were then signed to a studio which allowed them the opportunity to have…

said ethnicity/culture (Blackface!). Nonetheless, when this issue occurred in the early nineteenth century many people actually praised the fact that minorities were being included in the film industry. It was surprising to see POC represented at all (Scherker). Countless actors of colour have dealt with these issues throughout their careers. In 1967 Bruce Lee decided he wanted to produce and star in his own television show. He discovered the Warner Bros. had already been working on an identical…

addition form, 3D. At the bottom of the movie poster, underneath the credits, a website for the movie can be found for the audience to visit to get more information before the release. Ethos was used in the same way on this poster just like the last one. The main character in this film is played by Leonardo DiCaprio whom as won an Oscar and 89 other awards. He has also played in 38 other films. The poster also shows the audience that the film was coming from the director of other popular…

adult role in Equus. However Warner Brothers publicly supported Radcliffe’s choice to take the role, and made a press release saying, “Daniel Radcliffe is an extremely talented actor, as well as a great collaborator and friend to Warner Bros. Pictures. We 've had great experiences working with him on our films and fully support him in the artistic choices he makes as an actor” (Warner Brothers). This was regarded as a good strategic move on their part by members of the media. Mike Dailies…

The movie industy is a huge industy with three groups of players in the value chain. First, the production studios who create the content. Second, the movie exhibitors who provide a place for movie goers to watch the content. Third, the distributors who bring the content from the studios to the exhibitors. Being lower in the value chain, the movie exhibitors bear the risk of poor movie attendance, and incur high cost of renting the content from the studios. In this case study, the market…

Introduction: When Hollywood makes a movie that becomes and instant sensation, the studio often decides to continue the story in hopes that there is more cash to be milked out of it. This results in sequels of varying quality which may sour some opinions of the original film. Fortunately, this is not the case with Pixar’s beloved Toy Story franchise. Both sequels add a new spin on the story of toys who have a life of their own when humans cannot see them. In particular, Toy Story 3 deals with…