In October 1927‚ the first feature film was presented as a silent film‚ The Jazz Singer. Made with a Vitaphone‚ “an instrument that synchronizes motion pictures and sound perfectly‚” it was a major hit to the general public (Eyman). After years of silence‚ someone finally decided to change the disc on the Vitaphone to film‚ introducing audible movies. Since then the introduction of Technicolor‚ Cinemascope‚ and Aromascope used first by the 1960 film‚ Scent of Mystery. All of these new cinematic
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Tania Modleski’s "Cinema and the Dark Continent: Race and Gender in Popular Film‚" discusses how popular film perpetuates stereotypes of black women. Some controlling images of black women include: the mammy‚ the jezebel‚ and the sapphire. While Modelski doesn’t analyze the sapphire stereotype‚ she does use Whoppi Goldberg’s past film roles as examples of the nurturing and maternal mammy and the over- sexualized jezebel. While I could clearly see Modelski’s comparison of Goldberg’s
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The Film Piracy Problem The Film Piracy Problem Teacher Overview Film piracy is the illegal copying and distribution of movies in print‚ videos‚ DVDs or electronic files. New developments in digital technology make server-based or peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing on the Internet convenient and relatively fast. A negative consequence of this new technology‚ however‚ is online theft of copyrighted material. This lesson introduces students to the problem of film piracy‚ focusing specifically on Internet
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In the film‚ the trial of Pansette is a large‚ public affair. The townspeople are all transported to the trial and get to openly participate in the spectacle. Often‚ they went from standing on the sidelines listening intently to the goings on of the trial to being
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Since 1968‚ there have been at least 25 films made that portray the events of the Vietnam War. Historians have to ask themselves when watching these films‚ "Did the fictional character represent historical figures accurately? Is this how a soldier would react in this situation?" The point of view of the director of the film can change with simple alterations in camera angles. For example‚ a view from the ground of a battle seen can show how the innocent people had the war in their own backyards
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The film‚ directed by Arthur Penn and produced by Warren Beatty was about the real life depression era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. The screenplay was written by David Newman and Robert Benton‚ with additional help from Robert Towne. After Warner watched the film‚ he proceeded to tell Beatty and Penn how much of a failure it
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Advocates of original-language versions still consider dubbing to be nothing more than an aid or a stopgap measure to increase turnover in the film industry. Critics do see dubbing today as a "bridge between nations and educational classes"‚ according to the film historian Martin Koerber during a colloquium held on the subject at the Berlin Film Museum in July 2004. But they also see the danger that the content and intention of the original versions may be distorted. Pros and cons of dubbing
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romance genre of Hollywood films has evolved throughout the decades to match the societal norms in which they were created. American society’s ideologies of romance and love the time in which seen through the film’s narrative structure‚ plot‚ the protagonists‚ and costumes. All of which are enhanced‚ in some way‚ by the setting of the scene and film technologies used to tell the narrative. A contrast can be seen in the way romance‚ love and sexual relations are depicted in films during the time of the
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Ballet and express all of my feelings through that exercise/movement. Ballet is a place for me to share all my feelings in it every day. Movie is my second hobby after Ballet that I love it very much. I love many kinds of movies‚ except humorous’ film. I like horror‚ drama-musical‚ thriller‚ cartoon‚ etc. I love watching movie very much. Movie can inspire me all many things about this life. When I feel down‚ hopeless‚ very deep sadness‚ etc… movies always inspire me to come up again. When I feel
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Kessler 320682 PJKMB7@mail.missouri.edu Film Studies 1800 When I think of myself as a moviegoer‚ I generally describe myself as a well-rounded movie enthusiast. I like to see many different kinds of movies ranging from foreign films like “La Vie en Rose” to comedies like “Anchorman” and anything in between. When I think about what influences me when I choose a movie to go see‚ I think my background has a lot to do with the choice. My dad is a huge action film buff. He’s not so much a Bruce Willis
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