Film Technological Advancement

The differences in the Hollywood of today and the Golden Age can be attributed to the changing economics on which the film industry functions. The ultimate profits are down, even though Hollywood today is making brighter films for new, fast-growing markets which cater to an entirely different set of viewership. Meanwhile, television, which once used to be considered “the unglamorous sister”, is today enjoying record earnings and unprecedented critical acclaim. Today scenes in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” & “Boardwalk Empire” are as spectacular as any movie which has caused directors and movie stars like Dustin Hoffman to switch to TV networks which today offer them a much more creative license.

In the novel “In Dubious Battle”, It was a more so culmination of events such as the lowering of wages, unsafe equipment and unsanitary living conditions which finally motivated the workers to use their power to strike, hich immediately took place after World War One. In this time the Great Depression was turning its head in, in what turned out to be the worst economic downfall in U.S history. The stock markets were falling and unemployment rates were skyrocketing through the roof. At first the working class allowed the growers to have absolute power because they provided them jobs.

Alien: Resurrection. This did not please many fans or critics, as it received mostly mixed reviews. Jeunet decided he truly enjoyed having as much creative freedom as possible, rather than just another episode of Alien. A huge decision was made by Jeunet to move back to France instead of becoming a major Hollywood director, which was a possibility even from the results of reviews on Alien: Resurrection.

Nevertheless, most honest constabularies got overburdened, taking time away from their true propose: “to protect people and their possessions, not to enforce a religious sect’s morality”. This ban caused more harm than good throughout this period, hurting people financially, emotionally and morally. As hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, it pushed them to become criminals just to support their families. Unfortunately, the people that didn’t turn to crime, had to find lower-paying work.

Yet La La Land does not want to say about a saccharine love-hate relationship with a predictable happy ending, it wants to tell stories about those who are foolish, who dare to dream and who dare to make their dreams come true. Chazelle leaves movie-goers with a contemplation that forces them to bear throughout the film until they walk out of the cinema door, they come home deep in thoughts. The film teaches many things that I have never been mature enough to

They were in desperate need of more supplies. Rome began to fall apart, they lost hope, they no longer had the will or energy to work hard because they all craved luxury. It got so bad that some people stopped having kids because the are a “bother”. By the 5th century, Rome was being destroyed by outside invaders, and political assassinations became routine because leaders were unable to create a stable government. Natural disasters also contributed to the collapse of the Roman Empire.

Tweet @jknit135 (2015) The other film chosen for discussion within this genre is Transformers: Age of distinction. This film was also the centre of much debate relating to product placement, but for a different reason. Viewers, felt that the film did not contain enough placement for the size of its budget.

During imperialism, India’s economy was forced for its development to stop, and jobs were lost. “... many crafts were broken. Thus the economic development was stopped and the growth of the new industry was prevented…”(Document 6). India’s economy was not doing well during imperialism. They had to close down many of their industries, and stopped their growth.

Organ buying and selling is unethical and dangerous. With just anyone selling and buying organs, people can get hurt and killed when others become desperate. The poor would be selling their organs to the rich and endangering themselves- not to mention the fact that once organs are being sold, they won’t be being donated, and the poor can’t afford the cost of something life-saving. It’s not even possible to fully regulate an organ-selling market, as global and local sale prices would differ, and it could be dangerous for recipients to get organs from a cheaper place.

The stock market crashed and made the bank panic for money(Dewald 249). That is a problem because, they have no money to spend. The goods made the U.S.A. run

Terry Golway’s “A Nation of Idol Worshipers” is an article written about his own perspectives about american television and the ways it has ruined the minds of americans. Golway expresses that he believes in today 's society doesn 't find real careers aspiring. Americans are influenced by what they see on television. Shows such as American Idol and America 's got talent taint the minds of youth brainwashing them to think that fame is the only aspiring thing life has to offer. The glitz and glam shown on TV are distracting americans from the real idols and the important aspirations and goals in which they should be aiming for.

Mark Hamill and Jack Nicholson. His death led to him becoming a cult star as ‘the audience that outlives a star becomes able to read their final performance’ (Egan and Thomas, 2013). When people watch a star final performance they feel different about it because there will be no more from the actor/actress and it feels more personal to the viewer. Many fans put stars on a pedestal as they think that because the star is so much more talented that they are so put them out of reach. This is why a death of a star is important as it brings the star to a normal level of humanity, as the stars are ‘no more or less mortal than the audience’ (Egan and Thomas, 2013).

1) When I think of William Randolph Hearst I automatically think of Orson Welles’ depiction of him in the movie Citizen Kane. Which is considered one of the greatest pictures of all time. However, due to William Randolph Hearst wealth and power of the media he basically prevented the movie from being shown in theaters and he even tried to destroy the film. But the movie was able to survive unfortunately it took another 30 years before Orson Welles’ was given the much needed recognition for this once in a life time movie. With this being said, when I think of William Randolph Hearst I think of a spiteful crewel man who failed at achieving his goal of the presidency and who built one of the world’s most powerfully newspaper chains yet he was