Movies have been around since Thomas Edison’s invention of the Kinetoscope in 1894. The Kinetoscope‚ or peep show‚ was a tall‚ wooden box that allowed a person to look inside and see moving images. Viewing images was made possible by the film moving past a shutter over a light source. The Kinetoscope‚ however‚ had a two major flaws: the images viewed were jerky and didn’t move smoothly‚ and the viewing time for one show was only twenty seconds. Improvements to the Kinetoscope allowed it to hold more
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Drawbacks of 3D Movies According to IMDb.com‚ James Cameron’s Avatar has become the highest grossing film ever to achieve more than $2 billion. Avatar earned $2‚783‚165‚628 because 2/3 of its tickets sold are for 3D watching. This phenomena made people starts to think that this is the era of 3D. Now‚ almost every movie is produced in 3D. And to enjoy 3D movies at home‚ vendors start to provide 3D facilities such as 3D TVs‚ 3D Blu-Ray players‚ 3D projectors‚ etc. Despite the fact that 3D is very
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Casablanca The movie Casablanca tells a story of Rick Blaine‚ exiled American and former freedom fighter‚ who runs the most popular nightclub in town. For many people‚ it may be seen as a pure romance film. But‚ to me this film tells us about how Rick managesa nightclub during war times‚ learns the reason why Ilsa‚his sweetheart‚never followed him on his way to Casablanca‚ and has to make the most difficult decision ever. The first stage of the film starts during times of World War II in
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------------------------------------------------- Group Case #2 - Foxy Originals Decision to be Made Partners Sara O’Neil and Julie Klein of Foxy Originals need to decide whether to continue selling at festivals as well as to retailers at different prices or to focus on a single distribution method and pricing strategy. Situation Analysis Background: Retailers started to feel that the lower (wholesale) prices that Foxy Originals were offering at the festivals was cannibalizing their stores’
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Name: _______________________ PSYC 431 “YOU PICK” Movie Assignment for Chapter 5 20 points Choose ONE of the movies listed below and access it. Each movie is available through some online source (e.g.‚ Netflix). Review the questions below BEFORE viewing the movie so you know what aspects of the movie to investigate. During or after the movie‚ answer each of the questions listed in this document. Please remove all excess spaces from the document (between questions)‚ and then save it to your computer
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Casablanca Critique The story about Rick Blaine and his American bar in Casablanca‚ and how he falls into such a strong relationship with Ilsa is wonderful. They met in Paris and had the most wonderful time but they had to escape. The morning they had to leave the girl‚ Ilsa‚ is not there. She had sent him a letter saying that she was sorry she couldn’t be with him‚ and Rick was feeling like his inside had been ripped out. Feeling very betrayed by Ilsa‚ Rick being a very hard headed character
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The story of the fall of my freshman year of high school‚ in my opinion‚ encompasses all of the innate tendencies male individuals possess. Furthermore‚ I believe this story delves deeper into our reality as human beings and the consequences we are destined to face as a result of our physical makeup. The consequences‚ for me‚ proved violent‚ physically painful‚ and eternally fulfilling. This is a strange statement because when these incidents occurred it was dark and scary time in my life‚ but‚ ironically
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* * * * Mae West and 1930’s censorship Nowadays‚ we probably take for granted that the majority of films created in Hollywood have no moral or content boundaries whatsoeverAlthough today the boundaries might seem a little blurred‚ it was not always like this. The censorship process in Hollywood films (as well as in many other media) is a process that has grown and fluctuated along with American society. Behind many of these films there have been struggles‚ debates‚ and confrontations
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Casablanca‚ often called one of the greatest love stories of all – time‚ is simply just one of those movies where you can’t call yourself a film lover without watching it first. In every sense of the word‚ it’s a must – see similar to its predecessor Gone with the Wind and its successors Singin’ in the Rain‚ Citizen Kane‚ and The Godfather. Casablanca tells the tale of the mysterious protagonist Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) who was thrown of out America‚ but made the best of it with his hard as
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condition through to children as well as adults in a simplified and imaginative way. Cartoons spur humans’ imagination beyond measure. They show the world in a way that real-life film cannot. For example‚ look at the Looney Tunes series produced by Warner Bros. This series goes to show that the effects and stories that animators are able to exhibit in cartoons and animation belong to a different set of rules than reality does. One example is seen
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