Imagine Entertainment

Throughout history, the word entertainment has taken on many forms, ranging from plays, music, and screenplays. Today, we view entertainment as a way to escape the stress we experience in our day to day lives, whether it's shocking news report or a tv show we binge watch for hours. While entertainment may just be for amusement and enjoyment, it can also be a valuable source of information that keeps us updated with the current media. In the popular tv show 13 reasons why created by Brian Yorkey,…

Playing musical instruments, participating in outside hobbies, reading books, competing in board games and playing cards are not the ideal forms of entertainment these days. Television shows are now the new and improved way of everyday life. Some might argue that it is somewhat soothing; a way to escape from reality into an alternate, more appealing world. Television has the ability to be deceptive. What might be considered right or wrong can alter depending on what show is watched. Television…

Caillois approach to play entails categorization of games while at the same time offering two different orientations to play. On the other hand, Sicart views towards games and play revolves around both ontological and epistemological activities. However, delving in their discussions, one would see some huge similarities in a complementarity fashion. For instance, in his argument, Caillos argues that play is a free activity that is normally outside of the “ordinary” and can be considered as “not…

the digital and real world. Media in general has often been an outlet for people to escape their responsibilities for simple and entertaining distractions. However, just as the world of video games has become more labor filled, our television entertainment has become more news filled. Overall, the media has been changed to convince the viewer that the message is specifically more fun in this setting, when really it is simply the same mundane task at…

Journal 5: What is appealing to me regarding Chinese films is the very heavy use of some form of martial arts in most of their films. While I was looking on Google trying to figure out what movie I should watch for this journal, I notice while rea ding the descriptions, that most of the films dealt with some kind of martial arts training. Additionally, what I also found appealing while looking at which movies to watch, was how most of the films were set back in time and the movies were mainly…

Gladstone Block 2 Lit 9 May 2017 The American Identity has been influenced by the alcohol and entertainment industry over the last century. For years people chose to spend time watching t.v. going to the cinema, and even sitting around and listening to the radio. Entertainment has been a means of an escape, a method of forgetting about the real world similar to alcohol. Acceptance of entertainment addiction and alcoholism is a socially constructed idea which shaped the American Identity. The…

Film makers spend countless hours studying what makes a film a success. “FX Porn” is an article written by David Foster Wallace in the article he explains how all big producers go through the same strategic route to make a new film that they’re working on a block buster hit. We are walked through the process and given great examples, weather it be through famous actors, cliché scenes, or big budget actions clips it shows that they all do the same thing. Although I do love the big scenes filled…

1. A common theme in entertainment in Ancient Rome was violence. From the fights to the sacrifices, violence occurs in almost every activity/event. This shows the Roman society to be violent by nature and that they put their morals aside for entertainment purposes. Violence was associated with both victory and honor and that most likely is one reason that encouraged this violent nature. 2.Entertainment was so important in Rome because it was believed to be a good way to keep the people happy…

Growing up have you ever wanted to go see a movie with your older siblings because you knew you were mature enough but you parents just wouldn't let you? They complained about how young you are and nagged that you had to be 17 or older to get into the movie without an adult. Im sure you hated it and i'm sure there are many children just like you. Although some teens could be considered not mature enough to handle R-rated movies, we should still be allowed to get into them mainly because we see…

This is a special movie. It doesn't fit the normal "feel-good" drama genre though. This is one of those movies that pulls you in, let's you physically and mentally associate with the characters, fills you with hope, beats you over and over again, drains your emotional resources, and when the closing credits appear, feel something long after the end credits are done rolling. In a word - "mesmerizing". If I were to pitch this story to Hollywood, my pitch would be nine words: "A Beautiful Mind"…