Movies
A Movie , also called a film or motion picture , is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. The process of film making has developed into an art form and industry.
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important artform, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating – or indoctrinating – citizens. The visual elements of cinema give motion pictures a universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue into the language of the viewer.
Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. When these images are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the illusion that motion is occurring. The viewer cannot see the flickering between frames due to an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been removed. Viewers perceive motion due to a psychological effect called beta movement.
The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, moving picture, photo-play andflick. A common name for film in the United States is movie, while in Europe the term film is preferred. Additional terms for the field in general includethe big screen, the silver screen, the cinema and the movies.
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures, which reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important artform, a source of popular entertainment and a powerful method for educating – or indoctrinating – citizens. The visual elements of cinema give motion pictures a universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles that translate the dialogue into the language of the viewer.
Films are made up of a series of individual images called frames. When these images are shown rapidly in succession, a viewer has the illusion that motion is occurring. The viewer cannot see the flickering between frames due to an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been removed. Viewers perceive motion due to a psychological effect called beta movement.
The origin of the name "film" comes from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) has historically been the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion picture, including picture, picture show, moving picture, photo-play andflick. A common name for film in the United States is movie, while in Europe the term film is preferred. Additional terms for the field in general includethe big screen, the silver screen, the cinema and the movies.
Some movies:
Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 Halloween-themed fantasy/comedy film that was released by Disney and directed by Kenny Ortega. The film tells the story of a Halloween-hating teenager named Max, who inadvertently resurrects three witches, The Sanderson Sisters, from their temporary death and must risk his life to protect his sister and defeat them with the help of a classmate crush and an immortal black cat.
PlotThe film starts in 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, with teenaged Zachary Binx being awoken by an old woman passing his window and then comes to realize that his younger sister, Emily, is missing. After investigating outside he sees Emily being lured towards the nearby woods by the woman. After chasing her, Binx comes across a cottage. He secretly enters the building to find his sister being surrounded by three witch sisters, Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson. However, he has arrived too late to find that the sisters have absorbed the life force out of the young girl, resulting in the once old women becoming younger again. Losing in a scuffle with the three witches, and as punishment, Thackery is turned into a black cat doomed to live forever with the guilt of not being able to save his sister, which amuses the witches. Their games end suddenly when the local townspeople, led by Binx's parents, apprehend the three women and hang them for their crimes. Before they die however, Winnie vows that they will return on a Halloween night after being awoken from death by a virgin.
Fast forward to Halloween 1993, exactly 300 years later. Max Dennison is a teenager who has been forced to move away with his family from his beloved hometown of Los Angeles, California to Salem. Having just heard the story of the witches, a story that everyone in the town knows and loves, he shows he is less than impressed with it and the holiday itself. His younger sister, Dani, on the other hand, isn't having nearly as hard a time coping as her brother and is getting ready for a night of trick or treating.
PlotThe film starts in 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts, with teenaged Zachary Binx being awoken by an old woman passing his window and then comes to realize that his younger sister, Emily, is missing. After investigating outside he sees Emily being lured towards the nearby woods by the woman. After chasing her, Binx comes across a cottage. He secretly enters the building to find his sister being surrounded by three witch sisters, Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson. However, he has arrived too late to find that the sisters have absorbed the life force out of the young girl, resulting in the once old women becoming younger again. Losing in a scuffle with the three witches, and as punishment, Thackery is turned into a black cat doomed to live forever with the guilt of not being able to save his sister, which amuses the witches. Their games end suddenly when the local townspeople, led by Binx's parents, apprehend the three women and hang them for their crimes. Before they die however, Winnie vows that they will return on a Halloween night after being awoken from death by a virgin.
Fast forward to Halloween 1993, exactly 300 years later. Max Dennison is a teenager who has been forced to move away with his family from his beloved hometown of Los Angeles, California to Salem. Having just heard the story of the witches, a story that everyone in the town knows and loves, he shows he is less than impressed with it and the holiday itself. His younger sister, Dani, on the other hand, isn't having nearly as hard a time coping as her brother and is getting ready for a night of trick or treating.
Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows is a 2012 American horror comedy film based on the 1966–71 gothic horror soap opera of the same name. The film is directed by Tim Burton and stars Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins, a 200-year-old vampire who was imprisoned in a coffin but is unearthed and makes his way back to his mansion now inhabited by his dysfunctional descendants. He soon runs into trouble revitalising the family's canned fish business, as his jealous ex-flame and imprisoner Angelique Bouchard, played by Eva Green, runs the rival company. Michelle Pfeiffer also stars as his cousin Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, the reclusive matriarch of the Collins family. It had a limited release on May 10, 2012, opening fully the following day in the United States.
The film opened to below-average (for Burton) box office takings, with many commentators pointing to the domination of The Avengers as the reason why. It opened at #2 to that film at most countries' box offices.received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom acclaimed its visual style, but felt it lacked a focused or substantial plot and developed characters.
The film opened to below-average (for Burton) box office takings, with many commentators pointing to the domination of The Avengers as the reason why. It opened at #2 to that film at most countries' box offices.received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom acclaimed its visual style, but felt it lacked a focused or substantial plot and developed characters.