JCA Fall 2013 Mass Comm-Film

Movies developed gradually from a carnival novelty to one of the most important tools of communication and entertainment, and mass media in the 20th century. Motion picture films have had a substantial impact on the arts, technology, and politics. This is a great resource for people in history

This link highlights some events in hollywood history and some legal issues of the past. We can see how hollywood changes its massages and agendas in movies from different eras.

The films produced in Hollywood before, during and after the Cold War Red Scare make for an interesting study. most movies of the 50s carried political agendas and views. this link shows the complete anti-communist movie list

Hollywood is used to being a scapegoat for acts of violence. this link shows current events from politics point of view. the government try to see if there is a link between real violence and violecne portrayed in movies.

The History of Films timeline, this link is GOLDEN for our wiki. it talks about variety of events in the industy.

silent movies were a big thing of the past. this link talks about it and also talks about some inventions and technologies of that time. Really INFORMATIVE article

The CGI technology has been around for a while, its been in many many movies, and this link tells us the complete history of it.

This link tells us about this technology to produce colored movies. it was used by 1910 so this is an important piece for the wiki

this video is about UltraViolet (UV) which is a digital rights authentication and cloud-based licensing system that allows consumers of digital home entertainment content to stream and download purchased movies to multiple platforms and devices. Another technological leap for the movie industry.

3D movies have actually been around a lot longer than widescreen ones. Almost as soon as the early still cameras were invented, This article tells us the whole story and the invention of 3d movies

s small article about how the History of HD movies. and how it became the standard format for the DVDs.

aside from 3d movies,basically 4D movies incorporate actual physical effects, like drops of water for rain, special smells, and blowing winds. this technology is new and really exciting.

This is a video of the new technology that was just added to the some movie theaters. it talks about enhancing the audio experience in the movie theater

This article is great in explaining the future of 3d movies without wearing those ugly glasses. The technology is still in its infancy stage but this is coming real soon.

This video talks about the new IMAX technologies and future ones as well. IMAX CEO is in this video where he talks about film screens and future plans of his company

First Motion Pictures "I'm going to make a name for myself. If I fail, you will never hear of me again."-Eadweard Muybridge, ca. 1852 Animated horses galore: Animation of the man riding a jumping horse Animation of a galloping horse Animation of a cantering horse Eadweard Muybridge was born Edward James Muggeridge in Kingston-upon-Thames in 1830.

The Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis, were sons of well known Lyons based portrait painter Antoine Lumière. They were both technically minded and excelled in science subjects and were sent to Technical School. Antoine, noting the financial rewards of new photographic processes, abandoned his art and set up a business manufacturing and supplying photographic equipment.

He is the person that first thought of motion picture.

This past weekend, Disney chairman Alan Horn was audibly booed by fans at Disney's D23 expo for saying nothing about "Star Wars: Episode VII" other than that he has nothing to say about "Star Wars: Episode VII." When Star War movie came out, it change the film industry.

Lists that contrasts movie budgets vs US Gross and Worldwide Gross site also has other potentially useful links

movie profits.