Monday, March 17, 2014

Chapter 1: Introduction


A. Background of the study


Everyone watches movies. There is a reason why Hollywood blockbusters are called as such. Movie making is one of the most lucrative industries around. Gregory Hammel wrote an article entitled, "How Much Do Filmmakers Earn?" 

According to that article, the average annual income of directors and producers who work in the motion picture and video industries is around $115,920.

Hammel says, "The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 18,850 directors and producers were employed in the Los Angles metro area in May 2011 and that they earned $139,770 on average. About 13,220 directors and producers were employed in the New York City metro area and they earned $116,060 on average" (http://work.chron.com/much-filmmakers-earn-1362.html).

In films there are different genres that we viewers look forward and those are Indie, Romance, Horror, Suspense, Comedy, Heartbreaking, Animation, Fantasy, Violent, Action, and lot of more.They know some people imitate what they see on-screen. Every topic of films has different influence to the audience.There are positive and negative effects to audience.

David Sterritt wrote a blog post about this issue entitled, "How films affect people: a critic sums up his life at the movies", According to the article, It's important for them to be aware of what these films are telling.

Sterritt says, "Since films are manipulative, and can pull all kinds of tricks without warning, are they an acceptable way for children to learn about the world around them? children are too smart and too innocent to take the movies too seriously on a literal level. "  http://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1119/111900.html/(page)/2

Movies affect people in many ways. They set examples for fashions, for instance. Audiences see actors and actresses and want to dress like they do. So better to know what these films are telling and know what should copy or should not copy in the movie  

Lemiffe wrote an article entitled, "Films and their effect on society"
It was stated in the article that all our actions are based on what we learn and what we know.

Lemiffe says, "I come to think of this as true up to the extent that all our actions are based on what we learn and what we know, and we as human beings learn by seeing and imitating. Following this trend of thought we can infer that as we see from movies, we tend to act accordingly, by the means of learning and practicing." 
http://www.lemiffe.com/films-and-their-effect-on-society/

Movies are very interesting topic to talk about.
However, the researcher observes that one can be affected by music. In a good and a negative way, whether it is psychologically, physically, or emotionally.

Having background information on films will help an individual understand how movies can affect an individual  by becoming aware on the movie that they watch in what can do to them.


The purpose of this paper is to inform and expose the different sides of films that it can affect an individual in the society.



B. Statement of the problems
This study aim to answer this question:
  1. What are the Reason Why people are fascinated to different types of movies?

C. Significance of the study

College Students of Films and Broadcast communication courses. Knowledge of this study would would help students whose taking up broadcast and Films because movies is inline with their specialization and would insterted to make similar studies.

Teachers and Professors of film. Teachers and professor would benefit from this study because they would able to make use of the information imparted in this research as a future reference lesson for students.

Film makers. Knowledge of this study would benefit from this. They would able to use of such information that serve as a guidelines and would know what should and should not put in the movie.

Future Researchers. Findings on this study may benefit future researchers as a reference. Furthermore, they may use this study’s format as a guideline when making one. And It will also help the future researchers to relate this topic to psychology since this paper’s main focus is about the psychological effect of the movies to people.

D. Scope and Delimitation

This study mainly focuses on how movies influences us to act nowadays. In some way, the researcher found it very important to study this matter in order to know how movies already affects each other's lives.

E. Materials and Methods 


The sources of data that will be used in this research are mostly gathered articles from the internet the generally tackles psychology and films.

This study will be analyzed by pointing out the effects of movies on everyone's live's.


F. Definition of Terms



  1. Film. the process, art, or business of making movies(Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/film?show=0&t=1397245144)                                                                     
  2. Film Director. Directors are responsible for creatively translating the film's written script into actual images and sounds on the screen - he or she must visualise and define the style and structure of the film, then act as both a storyteller and team leader to bring this vision to reality. (Source: http://www.creativeskillset.org/film/jobs/direction/article_3880_1.asp)
   3. Media.  the means of communication, as radio and television,                       newspapers,and magazines, that reach or influence people 
      widely (Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/media)

    4.Producers. A producer will oversee each project from conception 
      to completion and may also be involved in the marketing 
      and  distribution processes.             
     (Source: http://www.prospects.ac.uk/television_film_video_
      producer_job_description.htm)



1 comment:

  1. Everyone watches movies. There is a reason why Hollywood blockbusters are called as such. Movie making is one of the most lucrative industries around. Gregory Hammel wrote an article entitled, "How Much Do Filmmakers Earn?" According to that article, the average annual income of directors and producers who work in the motion picture and video industries is around $115,920.

    Hammel says, "The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that 18,850 directors and producers were employed in the Los Angles metro area in May 2011 and that they earned $139,770 on average. About 13,220 directors and producers were employed in the New York City metro area and they earned $116,060 on average" (http://work.chron.com/much-filmmakers-earn-1362.html).

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