at Home and on the Open Road Aims of my project The aim of this project is to explore the American Independent cinematic style‚ and ascertain what it reflects. Areas that interest me within the American Independent sector of film are‚ the road movie sub genre‚ youth culture and the American family. In this study‚ I plan to look at films from 1960s to present in my exploration. One of the most interesting features I have found within most American indie films is that they seem to hold and project
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screen to IMAX. IMAX is an ellipsis of image maximum. The first IMAX movie was screened in 1970 in Japan. From there on IMAX started developing and built its IMAX theaters. The original owners sold IMAX to Gelfond and Wechsler in 1994 for eighty million dollars. The new owners publicized the company in order to acquire the necessary capital to finance the growth of the company. IMAX did not intend to infiltrate the whole movie industry; however‚ it based its operations on the niche of the market
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In recent years there has been a flood of movie remakes. Both in Hollywood and Bollywood. Hollywood dished out remakes of Psycho‚ The Omen‚ and Pink Panther. In the meantime Bollywood was not to be left out in this remake spree. Shahrukh Khan in Don‚ Aishwarya Rai in Umrao Jaan tried to make their mark. But to be honest‚ one movie really worth mentioning is the James Bond spy thriller Casino Royale (released in 2006). Ian Fleming (the creator of the fictional character James Bond) moulded Bond’s
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different aspects of life and the world. Not only does it question reality itself but also fantasy. Ana becomes lost in the two worlds of real and unreal during this movie. In the beginning of the film‚ the movie Frankenstein is played for the village to see and this spikes Ana’s curiosity. Ana questions her older sister about the movie and the Frankenstein monster and her sister tells her the monster isn’t dead in fact it’s a spirit. Ana spends most of the film visiting an abandoned barn where
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technical combinations of imagery and sounds to tell stories. In the past‚ movie production equipment‚ skills‚ knowledge and expertise were assigned to large established production companies like MGM and Warner Brothers studios. For that reason and others‚ the actual production of a movie was an expensive and exclusive feat because producers as well as executive producers (financial backers) controlled the industry. Outside of the movie theatres‚ black and white televisions were costly and not everyone
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Old Yellow Bricks Why do we sometimes feel as if we are watching our lives when we are actually watching a movie? Well‚ it is simply because movies are projections of the perfect miscellany of reality and imagination. Those two things – reality and imagination – are perhaps the only commonality all human beings have had a taste of. That is why everyone can somehow associate their own life with whatever they are watching‚ and thus‚ different perspectives emerge. "Out of Kansas" is an essay written
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recent decline in movie theater attendance has several causes. One such cause is the matter of cost. Carol Moore an owner of four theaters outside of Kalamazoo‚ MI argues that‚ "When gas price rise‚ people are watching their money‚ so we can ’t let ticket prices get out of reach." Drawing the connection between finances and fun is an important link in the decline of theater attendance. As Ms. Moore argues transportation expenses eclipse disposable income expenses such as movie going. OTX‚ a Los Angeles
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August 26. The significance that the Capital Dome had in the background as this film played gave the movie even more significance to the viewer. I rented the movie to view it in the privacy of my home where I could rewind and fast forward the film at my leisure to capture some of the artistic techniques and applications that the producer‚ director and actors exhibited throughout this movie. This movie is a
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The understanding of a film-makers role in society is modestly misconstrued. Common knowledge of a film producer is a person who creates a story and turns it into a movie. Films are made up by a wide variety of genres which are given appropriate ratings before being released to the public. Popular film types that have been produced are family-oriented‚ action packed‚ thrillers that require a lot of work‚ which involve actors and other graphic media related elements in order to create the producers
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business structure changes. In 1960‚ the Hollywood studio systems had to change the strategies because of television and people’s demanding. In the 1950s‚ TV was invented‚ and most people bought it. Because of TV‚ many people began to stay home to watch movie instead of went to theater because TV companies got broadcasting rights from studios. In addition forging-films was imported by some theater‚ so the actual revenue of studios started to decline. Also‚ the Hollywood studios had to adopt television because
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