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Films have been a major part of America’s history, as well as its identity, for many years, and they have developed alongside our country. Movies have been popular since their debut in the late 1800s, and the people’s fascination and pure adoration of them has not died down since. This infatuation has led to the development of filmmaking, because, as Americans, we are always striving for better; therefore, American filmmakers have been creating numerous ways to advance movies to become more…

Title: The Iron Giant Film Origin The Iron Giant originated from the 1968 novel The Iron Man, which was a children’s novel. After going through development stages of becoming a rock album and a musical, Warner Bros. acquired the project to eventually becoming director Brad Bird’s introduction into the animation world. Summary of the film The Iron Giant is a story about a metal machine, The Iron Giant, that crashes off of a shore near the coast of Maine. A young boy, named Hogarth, finds The…

A film that comes to mind in the misrepresentation of people of color is the live action adaptation of Disney’ classic Peterpan, dubbed as Pan. According to the article “Misrepresentation of People of Color in the Media,” the Warner Bros. recently cast Rooney Mara to play Tiger Lily in the movie Pan. As the article puts it, the role of Tiger Lily is a “fundamentally racist, stereotypical, and problematic” (X.O 2014) role, but it would have served as the perfect chance for an unknown…

Ian Conway Famous Person Assignment: Eric Cartman Eric Cartman is a fictional character and one the main protagonists from the TV show South Park. Trey Parker is the voice of Eric Cartman. He lives in a fictional town called South Park, Colorado, United States. He lives with his single mother name Liane Cartman, who spoils him and is considered a “crack whore” meaning she has had sexual relations with other men and was a drug addict. He did have a father name Jack Tenorman but he unknowingly…

aspect of cable television contributed to MTV’s success. MTV was one of the view channels that was able to “be received free of charge apart from a monthly basic fee for the cable connection” (ibid). MTV was created with an investment from the Warner Bros. company, who helped the channel pay for the costs of satellite programming. Although the set-up of MTV was inexpensive to control, as artists paid for the production of the music videos, the high price of airing satellite transmission was much…

Judy Garland Life in the spotlight is not always as glamorous as it appears to be. Judy Garland, who is most recognized as Dorothy, spent nearly her whole life in the show business. Her appearance made it seem that she had her whole life together, but she had more problems than most realized. She had tons of men, kids, and an outstanding career; what more could a girl want? All of the critiques of show business pushed her in ways she would never imagine. Judy Garland was born on June 10, 1922.…

Brenda Hernandez Professor Haley Murphy POLS 2033-001 21 March 2016 Virus GOV. Virus MEV-1 in the film is based on the epidemic of H1N1 in the United States and the world overall. The rapid spread of the disease was alarming and frightening to the government agencies such as the local health departments and centers for disease of control and prevention (CDC). Contagion the movie was a prime example of showing how the local, state, and federal government agencies react towards an…

Before the 1940s, Hollywood and the Studio System, was one that carried the American Film Industry to new heights and brought on different visions from aspiring filmmakers and film companies. What was once just a convenient place to escape the grasp and control of The Trust, became the place to be during the 1920s. Hollywood was thriving with the system it created. The Big Five film companies created movies that made those years the Golden Age of Hollywood. But of course a system that gave the…

Irving Block (1910 -1986) and Allen Adler (1916 - 1964) wrote the story for Forbidden Planet. “They came up with the idea for something called Fatal Planet as a potential project for one of the B-movie studios” (TCM). Once the idea was pitched to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), they instantly realized the film’s potential went beyond the B-movie variety, “to everybody’s surprise, the studio decided to make this their first science fiction film and budgeted the film at $1 million, later expanding it…

Have you ever been inspired by someone? Many people around the globe, including myself have been. One person that I find inspiring is Emma Watson. In this research paper, I will enlighten you on the events, interests, and people that helped shape Ms. Watson into the person she is today, the challenges that she has faced throughout her life, and her contributions to the betterment of society. On April 15, 1990, Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson was born in Paris, France.Throughout Emma’s life, there…