Final- Zenita Carlson

Have you ever wondered how much movies have changed or how far they’ve come? How the style, storyline, technology, female roles and much more evolved over the years or stayed the same. Movies were made to entertain people, tell stories and as an escape from the ‘real’ world. They were the next best thing other…

Evolution of Film

Before 1965, many films shared a similar type of story structure. For example, a gangster film would introduce the protagonists as do-good characters with few flaws and put them next to a morally inept antagonist, then with the audience’s support, maintain an escalation of beneficial occurrences for the protagonist and a series of downfalls for…

Nick Ilvento — Final Blog

Have you ever questioned how an entire industry can change drastically in the matter of 50 years. Through my eyes, the film industry has come a very long way since 1965. It has gotten better in most aspects, but worse in a few as well. Obviously, as technology improves things like camera quality, visual effects,…

Final Blog – Mason Thompson

As to the question “Have movies changed dramatically since 1965? Or basically remained the same?” The answer is most defiantly yes, movies have changed. Over the course of this class, I have seen three major trends to support my conclusion. First, movies are a reflection of society standards and change over time.  Secondly, movie production…

The Film Industry: It’s Come a Long Way

    Have you ever found yourself watching a movie and thinking how much movies have changed in the past century? Most movies  in this day in age have amazing graphics and some of the best sound quality to ever come out of a speaker. Some plots are riveting, others, not so much. Movies have…

Pleasantville and Avatar

Two movies that I really enjoyed when they came out were “Pleasantville” and “Avatar”. Little did I know years later, I would be comparing them in a blog post for a class. Re-watching these films was somewhat nostalgic for me as they both came out when I was quite a bit younger then I am…

Nightmare on Elm Street and A Better Tomorrrow

Horror, as a genre is probably my most favorite of all film genres, although I am always a sucker for a good action/drama movie. I know these are two genres are very different from one another, but in some ways they are similar. Both can use violence to shock the viewers’ senses. They can both…

Pleasantville vs. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

When I watch films, I try to pick films that I feel will keep me sucked in to watching them. Every time I pick films and blog about them there is always a correlation that I do not plan at all. THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON compared to PLEASANTVILLE is very different but at…

Montage

Montage by definition is the production of a rapid succession of images in a motion picture to illustrate an association of ideas. In film, montages can really help the narrative progress by telling a long part of a story in a short amount of time. We can see examples of this technique in a variety…

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Vs. Hard Boiled

After the blockbuster boom of the 70s and 80s, corporations found that there is good money to be made in the movie industry. With this realization came a different way of producing movies; with very large budgets and big stars. Then the popularity of home video brought forth a need for more product for the…