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Blog Posts by buckeye(148) 22 Blog Posts Total Introduction Hello, I'm Curtis and this is my blog for English W331 Business and Administrative Writing. The subject that I decided to focus on is the film industry in general. I will attempt to focus on a different topic that affects the film industry each... Piracy According to the Motion Picture Associaton of America, movie piracy is a " growing global epidemic " At this site, http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,116842-page,1/article.html , which consitsts of an article on the rising use of illegally... Punishment Continuing with the subject of piracy there are some stricter penalties that have been implemented since the on going rise of movie piracy. If convicted one could end up with a 10-year prison sentence. According to The Inquirer... Film School I guess I should have posted this as one of my first blogs considering most people need to get a degree to start doing anything in the film industry. Film school has always been an interest of mine since high school, but I knew that it would be... Could we be seeing the last of blockbuster movies? I came accross an article that quoted a filmmaker foreseeing the end of the making of blockbuster movies. The Filmmaker? George Lucas. Yes, that George Lucas who made millions off his Star Wars movies. He was quoted in this article saying, " The... Theatre isn't convenient In recent years the box office has been taking a hit. It seems that people are being more selective when it comes to watching a movie at the theatre. Well if you think about, why not be more selective? I usually can't find time to see a movie.... DVD profits compared to Box office I want to stick with this ongoing theme on failures of blockbuster movies. Certainly there are many factors that attribute to this. Last time I wrote about the inconvenience of going to the theatre. This time I wanted to focus on the relation of... Are Big Screen TV's affecting Box office sales? To continue the theme on the failure of blockbusters I'm going to reach out on this blog. However, I do think there is a correlation between these two subjects: Big Screen TV's profits vs. blockbuster profit drops. I found an article with Star... Independence? I wanted to focus away from big business for once and dabble in the genre of indie films, otherwise known as independent films. Most independent films are ones that do not receive financing from a major movie studio such as MGM or Warner Bros. A... Rise of the Indie I found a great site that focuses on identifying what indie’s really are. There seems to be a certain stigma that derives from the word “indie”. I would have to agree with a lot of the comments in this article, “ If it's... Youtube The introduction of Youtube has changed the film industry similar to what Napster did to the music industry. Maybe not in the legal matters, but the sharing of video is spreading. Youtube allows people to share videos over the internet. So if you... Youtube continued... It's the subject of Youtube continued!!! OK, maybe not that exciting but I would have to say that if you mention Youtube to someone they probably have already heard about. I remember when I found out about the site, I searched for video clips for... Documentary Documentary films have become a common thing in theatres today. At least more so than in the past. Some of the more famous documentaries are used not about something for the discovery channel or animal planet, but they are used as a source of... Mockumentary I wanted to blog about the use of mockumentaries since I’ve focused a little on the documentary genre. A mockumentary is a film presented like a documentary, but it isn’t based on facts. Most mockumentaries are used to portray a satire... Shifting focus This semester's classes are coming down hard with the assignments. There's a hundred things to do in all five of my classes. Why am I taking 16 credit hours and working full time? Oh, that's right probably cause I'm poor and my low income job... Fargo One film that comes to mind is the largely successful film " Fargo. " The film was created by the famously known Coen brothers. " Fargo " was nominated for many awards: Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best... Bad Santa Today I wanted to feature one of my all time favorite movies, " Bad Santa. " Now, I usually hate Christmas movies because they’re usually cheesy and about someone who’s a scrooge who in the end finds his Christmas spirit. But Bad Santa... Pulp Fiction " Pulp Fiction " is another one of my favorite films. I like Tarantino’s work in this film more than any other he’s done so far. I think one of the reasons it’s so great is because of the film editor he had on his crew, Sally... The Shawshank Redemption The next film I'd like to focus on is one of the all time greatest (at least in my eyes); however, if you don't like this movie something is extremely wrong with your taste in films. The film is " The Shawshank Redemption " . This is a prime... Worst Movies I’ve listed a few movies that were successes and discussed why I thought they were hits. I thought I’d turn it around and list some of the worst movies of all time. Now, I got on to the internet movie database website and browsed... Best Movies Last time I listed some of the all-time worst movies, I guess I must list some of the voted all-time best movies. I visited IMDb’s list of Top 250 Movies to see what the site’s viewers chose as their top picks. After visiting IMDb I... Star Wars I wanted to return to blogging about the best films of all-time. Now, I seem to be more of the sentimental movie watcher and I have my own personal favorites that are not on AFI’s list ; however, in my defense I haven’t seen most of... 22 Blog Posts Total |
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