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Demonstrate understanding of a relationship between a media genre and society

Introduction American genre:

( Note. game genre study is available in 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_genres

A Studio film costs over$100,000.00 and saturates markets for distribution, either theatrically or with dvd sales. High price cinema covers some film plots lines regularly. Lately, the animation film, completely dependent upon the studio clout. Is doing well with audiences. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_system ** __Features of American genre – the cinema that dominates the world.__ **  Movie star Scarlett Johannson. Johannson is now the most highly paid film star in Hollywood. ( See her in a recent film UNDER THE SKIN)
 * 2. The Studio System **   Hollywood's industrial past was the era of contract players and directors, studio police forces, and colorful movie moguls. Today studio heads are Michael Eisner, Howard Koch, and others. Paramount Pictures, is one of the oldest and most successful of the Hollywood studios. There was a period, until the late 1980’s,when studios had dominance with the ‘Block Buster’.

media type="youtube" key="wW4zekk-ue8" width="560" height="315" Discuss) ** General Introduction **  ** 1. The Hollywood Style **   In the classical Hollywood film, the story is primary. Filmmakers rely on style — structure, narrative, and visual elements — to effectively tell their story. Martin Scorsese is a premier American director who discuss how classical Hollywood style, evolving and yet enduring over time, informs their work. He made a film to celebrate100 years of American cinema. See some Scorcese films: **//Gangs of New York, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Age of Innocence.//** DYSTOPIA See Rob Patterson in a new Sci Fi movie with a Dystopian theme - made in Australia http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20140620-robert-pattinsons-new-direction Go to genre readings genre extended


 * Dystopia 1 Dystopia 2