Monday, March 3, 2008

media-march4

I think the media in movies for the most part give the people what they want. A lot of times certain types of movies will come out back to back and this usually generates money. It seems like most action films come out during the summer in my opinion. They most likely gain most of the money during this time. I think our culture in general enjoys action films with violence and big explosions. I don't know the statistics but it seems that action films made the most money in the past. The past couple of years though, comedy has really generated more revenue and more audience. Both types of films will make money, so I think you just have to balance them out. Action movies sell merchandise and other things to entice the audience, but some comedies do the same thing. The film industry puts a lot of time and hard work into the craft, so they want to make the best out of what they created. If they have to advertise and sell merchandise, I think that is a good thing, because more people will be intrigued about the particular movie. When it comes down to it, I believe the film industry and the media do give the people what they want. The industry just uses merchandise products and advertisement to reach to a broader audience. Both type of films want to generate the most money, so buy selling products, more people become attracted to what the film is all about.  

1 comment:

Disco dave said...

question 1:

I think this question is looking past one major point- and that is MONEY! I am of the opinion that cash is king. All of the CEOs and top players in the major TV coorperations, film producers, magazine writers etc. know one language and one language only (money). If being a liberal gets them rateings (which is how they get paid) than they are a liberal. If being a conservative gets them rates, than they are a conservative. At that point, The content of TV and other forms of media are essentially written by the viewer. whatever gets the highiest numbers is noted and than re-produced. That is how reality TV got so big- One show airs today and gets 25 million viwers, tomorrow 25 shows air with 10 million viewers.