As a Mainstream film Avatar relies heavily on the entertainment value of their audiences in order for it to be successful; Avatar ingeniously conforms to its audience’s expectations whilst enhancing the film with its unique and remarkable visual qualities. A major factor in the success of a film is its visual qualities that it beholds. The film Avatar as a 3-D motion picture significantly pioneered a new era in stunning visual films. Avatar is loaded with luminescent camera shots endlessly detailing the stunning planet of Pandora, the sensory images of binding luminous colors depicting the nature and environment of the planet. Throughout the film there is a beautifully illustrated scene of unity under the Na’vi tree, the Na’vi people are combined in unity and is a remarkable scene, the visual quality of white fluorescent tree colors and shot types of this scene helps assist the feeling of Unity that James Cameron is trying to evoke.
Each serves its purpose well; the steel frame buildings just do so with more flair. I like to think that only a good movie would still be watched after fifty-three years. But, everything good about the book is missing or distorted (plot, characters, details). The plot is too convoluted to make a movie. But the movie of The Big Sleep is still a success and, well, a good movie, just because they changed the plot and the characters.
Our understanding of ourselves and our world can be challenged by powerful images introduced in distinctly visual texts, however the images themselves may be meaningless if not supported by the ideas behind them. The combination of the strong images supported by simple or complex ideas are what make the images powerful and possible to provoke our thinking. This is heavily evident in both the 1998 German crime thriller film ‘Run Lola Run’ directed and written by Tom Tykwer, along with a movie I love ‘The Matrix’, which is a 1999 American/Australian science fiction action film directed by The Wachowski Brothers. I chose the Matrix because it is a well know and well-loved movie that really depicts the ideas of time and chance just like Run Lola Run. It is clear that film as a text type gives an author specific ability to enhance their ideas and themes through a range of visual techniques, whether the film be set in 1998 depicting a fiery German woman on a desperate dash to save the life of her lover, or over 200 years later showing the human race ensnared in a digital prison.
In this 304-page entertainment book, there is other subject matter to consider besides the in-depth reviews of the contributors' written material. Accompanied by a general book Forward (or "Vorwort") by respectable actor Danny Glover, there are colorful interviews, observations, insightful commentaries and gorgeous black and white photographs that is all the New York-bred moviemaker Lee's universe. As unlikely as it seems that these German writers would capture the essence of Lee's message-driven cinema saturated with racial/social rawness, their pages are blessed with informational vitality that explores the movie helmer's psyche while praising the stimulating films and documentaries that have emerged from Lee's creative consciousness. From European film studies courses to just plain avid movie fans, "Spike Lee Film: 14" is a must read for folks looking to grasp the intense perspective from
Jose Munguia Professor Hartmann English 152-03 1 December 2013 Success of the Wizard of Oz through Television The Wizard of Oz was a spectacular movie. The decade around Oz paved the way for many other amazing movies, which created new genres and set new standards for what a movie should be like. Some of the amazing movies that also came out during 1939 were: Gone with the Wind, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Of Mice and Men, Love Affair, The Hunchback to Notre Dame, and many other great award winning movies (Films101). Each of these movies have been awarded for their amazing directors, story, actors and visual effects. However, out of all of these movies there has only been one that has been called the most popular movie
Then, along came "The Wizard of Oz." Needless to say, audiences were not only stirred by the terrific story, but they were also dazzled by the film's special effects. The special effects are glorious in that old Hollywood way, in which you don't even have to look closely to see where the set ends and the backdrop begins. Almost all films were still being made in black and white, so the switch from black and white to color would have had a special significance in 1939 when the movie was made. "The Wizard of Oz" was a major achievement when you consider that it was filmed nearly three-quarters of a century ago.
If the film is star driven then the viewer will expect to see sequences including well known stars. As it is with posters the trailer must present itself as unique to sell to its audience. Media Advertising is another way films are advertised to wider audiences, such as the scaling down of posters so they can appear in magazines and newspapers, and scaled up versions to be plastered across the side of busses, this provides a moving advertisement to be seen by thousands of people a day. The internet is a more modern and complicated marketing tool, creating fan sites and has been an amazing tool for promoting a film. Like with the fan
The constitution has led Americans to success, but Pierce informs his audience that there are “three Great Premises of Idiot America” that are controlling Americans today. The first great premise is that “any theory is valid if it sells books, soaks up ratings, or otherwise moves units.” Money has been the focal point for Americans for a long time and base success off of it. This idea of money has put things on pedestals because of the money they have been able to produce. This premise might seem a little absurd, but there are many examples that make it valid. Many examples come from the entertainment side where if a movie makes a lot in the box office then it is a good movie, if a book gets off the shelves quickly then it is a good book, or if an album gets sales then it is a good album.
Barnes (2004:54) suggests ‘the whole narrative is self-explanatory’ however he doesn’t disregard the fact that ‘the film is truly revolutionary, both in technique and the artistry of the comic miming of Laura Bailey’. Historian Robert C. Allen (Azlant, 1997:238) suggested the narrative film ‘resulted from the industry’s phenomenally increased demand for new films’ moving away from the early ‘scenario’ (Azlant, 1997:229) styled motion pictures. Narrative films of the year 1903 are believed by historian Jacobs (Azlant, 1997:237) to have ‘fuelled the very permanence of the motion picture industry.’ Barnes (2004:54) argues that ‘a more likely date for its production is the Autumn of 1902’ as opposed to the commonly conceived date of 1903, firstly due to technological impracticalities shooting ‘during the dark days of January or February’ backed by an interview published in 1897 with G.A. Smith himself, remarking ‘of the necessity for strong sunlight’ citing this as the reason motion pictures were ‘mostly taken in Spring and Summer.’ By drawing the production date back even further, Smith’s achievements in creating such a narrative, appear even more substantial, pre-dating ‘Edwin S. Porter’s The Great Train Robbery (1903)’ by over a year. Barnes’ (2004:54) writing focuses more on the editing technique and the groundbreaking choice of shots; most notably cutting from wide to
In modern society, myth is often regarded as historical or obsolete. Many scholars in the field of cultural studies are now beginning to research the idea that myth has worked itself into modern discourses. Modern formats of communication allow for wide spread communication across the globe, thus enabling mythological discourse and exchange among greater audiences than ever before. Various elements of myth can now be found in television, cinema and video games. Although myth was traditionally transmitted through the oral tradition on a small scale, the technology of the film industry has enabled filmmakers to transmit myths to large audiences via film dissemination (Singer, “Mythmaking: Philosophy in Film”, 3-6).