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The Australian film industry is currently in a point of crisis due to the lack of audiences attending Australian films, hence creating a decline in the revenue received towards our national industry. However, this is not due to the lack of creative talent, it is rather the many underlying issues that don?t allow the Australian public with the awareness and accessibility of these films. These problems are within the distribution, marketing and funding of these Australian films, allowing the national Australian community to not seek for films made by people within their nation due to negative pre-conceived notions and the convenience of going to see a Hollywood Blockbuster. These issues are seen through the poor release of both critically received films, Jennifer Kent?s The Babadook (2014) and Hugh Sullivan?s The Infinite Man (2014), both not gaining a wide audience. Through these issues within the industry, Australian filmmakers have not been able to create the revenue needed for these films to branch out to be easily attained by the public.

The film industry operates in a continuous cycle, searching for the newest and best pieces to make their movies creative, interesting, and marketable. Historically, the film industry attempts to follow a set structure in an attempt towards success in such a volatile market, however, this approach creates a system much like that of Ford’s Model-T production line, invented in the 1910s, which involved each worker on the line doing a single job. Only a few years later, during the 1920s and 1940s, the film industry showed that they adopted a similar approach to their industry, with each person—actor, director, producer, writer, etc.—performing a distinct role. In the late 1920s, as Hollywood transitioned from silent films to “talkies”, actors and actresses were met with the challenge of adapting to a new role and many of them no longer fit the role required by the growing Hollywood machine. The film Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950) explores and critiques the landscape of the hierarchy and harsh realities of Hollywood. In the same vein as many films of the film noir style, the mood of pessimism and fatalism reflected in the form parallels the reality of many people in Hollywood during the 1900s.

On January 29th, 2016, Kevin D. Williamson a columnist of the National Review, wrote an article titled satirically titled On the Difficulties of the Movie Star. Williamson's argument revolves around the fact that although African Americans make up 12 percent of the US population, they are just six thousandths of a percent of the global population, and Hollywood is surely a “fully global enterprise”. He then reasons that it would be years even decades until an African American be nominated for an Academy Award if they were randomly distributed, just as it would be unlikely for ethnic minorities such as “Ukrainians or Comorians” to be nominated. He then stated that this shows African Americans, like white Americans are “overrepresented in Hollywood”.

Sunset Boulevard directed by Billy Wilder in 1950 is based on how Norma Desmond, a huge Hollywood star, deals with her fall from fame. The film explores the fantasy world in which Norma is living in and the complex relationship between her and small time writer Joe Gillis, which leads to his death. Sunset Boulevard is seen as lifting the ‘face’ of the Hollywood Studio System to reveal the truth behind the organisation. During the time the film was released in the 1950s and 60s, audiences started to see the demise of Hollywood as cinema going began to decline and the fierce competition of television almost proved too much for the well established system. Throughout this essay I will discuss how Sunset Boulevard represents the Hollywood

Towards the ending months of our class we watched a movie called “In America”, a movie about a family from Ireland who moves to New York City, the family settles into American life despite their deplorable living conditions. We were asked to write a review of the movie and our opinions of the story line and acting skills of the characters. In my review, I discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of the film, it was a wonderful story with a great lesson about Love and Family. At times, there were a few acting errors but overall the movie had a wonderful story

I'm going to use Dwayne Johnson as my prominent individual who is within the movie industry. He is a former athlete (wrestlers) who made the successful transition to being a actor. It is essential to note that Johnson was successful in his previous occupation as well. He has starred in several big name movies including: Central Intelligence, Fast Five, and The Game Plan. On an individual level of analysis Johnson's lead role in these media productions showcase how he has excelled at making adjustments throughout his life. Johnson’s successful transition shows his resilience and commitment to innovating the movie industry. As a result, this has changed the norm and has urged several prominent figures in other industries to attempt to make that

During the course of this essay it is my intention to discuss the differences between Classical Hollywood and post-Classical Hollywood. Although these terms refer to theoretical movements of which they are not definitive it is my goal to show that they are applicable in a broad way to a cinema tradition that dominated Hollywood production between 1916 and 1960 and which also pervaded Western Mainstream Cinema (Classical Hollywood or Classic Narrative Cinema) and to the movement and changes that came about following this time period (Post-Classical or New Hollywood). I intend to do this by first analysing and defining aspects of Classical Hollywood and having done that,

Chapter seventeen is about Hollywood in the 21st century . This chapter describes the advanced movies, such as animated ones, like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes . I find it very interesting how these films started from no sound at all or color to being able to see such vibrant colors and sound effects and quality that makes you feel as if you're there in the film. I enjoyed reading about this chapter because it's amazing how far technology has advanced, and to know that there's so much more to come is unbelievable, and I simply can't wait.

The film I picked for my critique is Red Tails, a historical World War II drama. The movie starred Cuba Gooding Jr., Terrence Howard and Gerald Mcraney, was written by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder, better known as the creator of the comic strip “the boondocks”, from a book by John B. Holway, directed by Anthony Hemingway and produced by George Lucas . In this paper the author will show how all elements of filmmaking

In chapter two of The Cultures of American Film, the main focus is the establishment of studios. As demand for films rose in the early 1900’s, production companies needed to expand; this lead to the creation of large scale studios.

2) In this section there were some things that I liked and disliked. Some things that I liked were when he explained that anybody can become a journalist if they wanted to. He said "This is also a story of a modern revolution, however, because technology has given us a communications toolkit that allows anyone to become a journalist at little cost and, in theory, with global reach. Nothing like this has ever been remotely possible before." When he said this, it showed me how far we have come from old media to new media. Something that I disliked was that this section can seem outdated because technology changes

Throughout history, the movie industry has constantly developed and changed over time. However, one thing that has always stayed the same is the influence in which the audience has had on the development of genres, films, producers, and actors which altered Hollywood cinema. By examining what the audience has continually desired from the actors, and how their requests have influenced the design, production and financial success of films, it will become obvious that the creation of “Stardom” was influenced by the audience and the pressure in which they enacted upon the studio based on historical context play a role in the success of early Holcinema. As time progressed through history, the wants of the audience started to increase.

There is no doubt that Hollywood is an industry based on selling movies and what sells movies better than the marketing of a Hollywood star. An actor or actress can not only make movies successful, but in addition their images are also profitable. The Hollywood Star System has been very profitable for Hollywood and contributed to saving Hollywood in the late 1920s and 1930s when studios found it financially hard to survive. Once Hollywood realized their star’s had financial power there was no stopping the lengths they would go to in order to sell their star’s persona.

Socially I did not grow up with much exposure to Chinese culture. It is always thought-provoking to learn new information that is why decide to pick a culture with which my background is scarce. I selected to watch a foreign movie called Fearless, also known as Jet Li’s Fearless in the United States. My decision to watch a movie is I enjoy the proficiency to learn from films. I have never watched a foreign film so I was intrigued to experience one. I was not sure what to expect with a foreign movie, except I would have to read subtitles. I imagined the movie would have issues and situation that I could not relate to. I thought the plot may feature cultural problems and I would not understand parts of the movie. I expected the film to feature traditional, collectivism traits typically associated with China. Most of the focus relating to family and society as a whole rather than an individual. I also expected a conservative approach to the movie.

While the export rates of US and UK movies were exceptionally high for many decades, new competition from many areas has grown over the last few years resulting in a growing number of Asian and European movies that are now exported globally. The transformation towards globalization also relates to the production of movies and provides the industry with many new opportunities and new venues in which to produce their films. While Hollywood increasingly outsources production activities to different