This week we talked about the film industry and how it has changed so much compared to now. Movies have changed so much from being black and white with no words or noise and now having color, many cool graphics and noise. Many people do not appreciate the film industry and how it has changed many things in our culture and we should be appreciating the art these directors and other people on these sets are making now and from the past. On Monday we watched about 15 minutes of When the Lion Roars and it touched on when MGM was first found and opened. This showed how films were first made and created. MGM was founded in Culver City outside of Hollywood. Hollywood then became booming with new stars and eventually these people became big names in Hollywood and movies. He Who Gets Slapped was the first big movie created by them and showed people how movies were something people could appreciate and find funny.

We also then watched the documentary This Film is Not Yet Rated which I found very interesting. I did not realize how much went into rating movies until this documentary. Many movies in this documentary were rated NC-17 due to sexual content and other things such as language but mostly because of sexual content. I found it very interesting that many people on this board after doing some deep digging with the private investigator rated movies this because they would not want their kids to see that even though many people’s kids on the board were 18 or older. The NPAA rates movies very seriously when reviewing them and many people do not get their movies rated differently when trying to get it changed. Overall I found this documentary very interesting and showed what the film industry goes through when submitting their movies to the NPAA and how they can actually not get approved at all.

We then were asked to read from Structure of New Hollywood which talks about the Big Five otherwise known as MGM, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Paramount and RKO. These studios flourished during the Depression but then had it challenges soon after with the Paramount decree in 1948. Eventually people started watching TV and films were being replaced. There were many great movies that were made however from the late 60s to the early 70s but then some of the studios went under new ownership which was just another task for them to overcome. The article also talked about Jaws and how it flourished when it was released. Eventually big releases followed such as Rocky and Star Wars which passed Jaws for all-time box-office hit. Then things such as HBO were developed and delivered movies to the people. The film industry has really changed and grown throughout the years but it is sad how TV has somewhat taken control and people have lost interest in the industry.