this website has some useful info about the censorships of movies throughout hollywood history. This could be a useful website to check and compare past, present, and the censorship of the future.
12 TED talks vids that might be useful, I really liked the first one by Andrew Stanton, I think the first few minutes could be a great intro to our presentation.
Talks about all the inventions and the milestones achieved by Hollywood from the beggening to present. Information includes pictures besides the article. THIS LINK IS VERY VALUEABLE
How youtube came to be. I thought this would be important in the film industry. Advertising and Illegal video sharing how that has affected the film business
This video tells us that hollywood blockbusters are pushed back from their anticipated due dates because of chinese domestic films. Also it highlights some information about the competition between their movies and foreign movies.
book talks briefly about how internet has encourage piracy. And I thought this was important with the film industry because if film can just be uploaded to the net and seen how woul the film industry make money?
IN our book it says that usually 80 to 90 percent of movies fail to make a profit. So what are qualities of a successful movie? Article gives a brief overview.
Brief Discussion about what is taken to account in production costs. For the film to make money, they have a profit more than their costs. SO what are film industries doing now to attract people to watch their movies now? 3D movies? animation? story line? actors?