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    tone of Hollywood films produced between 1930 and the 1960s‚ particularly with regard to the treatment of sexuality. In the years leading up to the popularization of sound cinema in about 1930‚ certain segments of the American public had come to believe that Hollywood films exemplified the decline of American moral values. In 1915 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the First Amendment did not apply to motion pictures‚ and city governments began to ban the exhibition of ’’immoral films.’’ A series of

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    Film Serial: Flash Gordon

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    Released in the 1930s‚ the film serial titled Flash Gordon tells a sci-fi story of a protagonist’s journey within a foreign planet. Throughout the movie‚ many concepts can be noticed within the screenwriting. However‚ these aspects had flaws that weakened the plot in various ways. Overall‚ the film’s screenwriting is adequate as it was biased but still good enough to tell a story when considering the time period. One of the many important elements of screenwriting are the main characters as stories

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    Consider the role of television in the film; and how it used in society. What role does it play in this culture of the film and why is it preferred to reading? Usually‚ the parlor walls contain large wall-sized television screens. They put a screen that is as large as the wall in a particular room‚ and if they can get all four walls of a room covered in television screens‚ then you have a total and complete interactive and entertainment package. At the beginning of the movie‚ Mildred and Montag

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    The Walk Film Analysis

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    Sacrifice) and Whitey Bulger (Black Mass) are just two examples of cinematic incarnations that have served to entertain and semi-education observers. This time around‚ it’s world-renowned French high-wire walker Philippe Petit that becomes the subject of a film treatment – a man that cemented his legacy by performing depth-defying walks in and between some of the world’s most impressive structures‚ which include the Notre Dame Cathedral‚ New York’s Lincoln Center‚ and of course‚ the two

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    Generic Formula in Film

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    Generic formulas in film are a certain plot that you can predict what is going to happen because it happens in every movie in the same genre. For an example in a horror movie‚ the viewer usually knows one person is going to die and then another and then another. The last person to die is the female. This is a generic example. From the movie “True Grit” we can see another example of generic formulas. When the little girl suggest that she goes with the old man ‚ even though the old man does not

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    The Club Film Analysis

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    The filmmaking competence of the acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larraín (Tony Manero"‚ Post Mortem"‚ "No"‚ "The Club") is not at stake in his latest feature‚ “Jackie”‚ a stylized biopic with a few aspects to admire. The film‚ written by Noah Oppenheim (“The Maze Runner”‚ “Allegiance”) and co-produced by Darren Aronofsky ("Requiem for a Dream"‚ "The Wrestler"‚ "Black Swan")‚ is centered on the former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy‚ emulating her emotional states in the aftermath of President John

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    disintegration of the Black family in South Central Los Angeles militate against the coming of age of these three Black males. one of the most damaging structural elements in the film is the Black family itself. The film exposes an increasing dissolution of the Black family in South Central Los Angeles. The most troubling way in which the film illuminates this is in how Brenda Baker (Tyra Ferrell) feels it necessary to favor her younger son (Ricky Baker) over her older son (Darrin “Doughboy” Baker)‚ because

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    Essay Question: How far has the internet changed the film experience for audiences? Plan points: It has introduced a new way in which audiences can watch their films. Previously they were all in DVD or VCR and has allowed the use of online streaming on the go through mobile and tablet devices. Companies like Lovefilm and Netflix have taken advantage of this through their websites with Lovefilm both offering rental and online streaming for their movies while Netflix being a purely streaming website

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    movies I’ve ever seen. Once watching it‚ your heart can easily be touched to every inch because of the meaningful message it brings: everybody can do everything with determination and…love. The movie is performed by excellent actors who truly make the film. Will Smith‚ a Hollywood action superstar‚ plays in this very dramatic movie with his real-life son-Jaden Smith. It is‚ in my view‚ the greatest acting ever in his famous career. Thus‚ I personally think that one of this film’s successes is the perfect

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    Ethnographic films have focused on one key component‚ reality. It is the goal of ethnographic filmmakers to do their best to try to‚ in their minds‚ to the best of their abilities‚ express that perfect representation of the real. According to Peter Loizos‚ real[ism] “appears as it does in real life” as if the camera is an unseen observer; “Realism is life as it is lived and observed” (Loizos 165-66) and reveals the “whole bodies [...] whole people [...] whole life” (Loizos 7). That reality can only

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