Star Wars Effect

This recreation of the ambient sound also helps place the viewer in the scene which, results in more emotions being

Star Wars is an epic space opera film series created by George Lucas, which includes galactic battles, theatrical adventure, as well as chivalric romance. The music, mainly composed by John Williams, gives depth to the storyline and is something that fans of all ages will always remember. The specific Star Wars movie that I have chosen to analyze is Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, which was released on May 25, 1983.

If you were asked what you thought the most popular Sci-Fi franchise is among all generations of people, which franchise would you choose? For most, the answer would be Star Wars. That is no surprise, because of the overwhelming popularity of the franchise. People appreciate the fact that there are a variety of characters and personalities that are easy to relate to. The director of Star Wars, George Lucas, subtly uses the characters and the advanced technology to get important messages across to the viewers.

Star Wars has a worldwide appeal that is here to stay for many generations to come, but how has it done this? While director George Lucas has received mixed reactions for his approach towards the prequels, this does not undermine the fact that George

True to Hollywood conventions, the music of the films reinforce the emotional situation of the

While they're working in the field, the music is pretty happy, and more country like. Throughout the whole movie, the music and sound director (Mark Isham) made sure that when something good or happy happened there would be music with major chords, but if something bad happened then there would be minor keys in the music. It made a big impact on the feel of the scene and how the characters were

Star Wars Op-Ed May 25, 1977. Something the world has never seen before is released to the public. Star Wars has been pushing people 's minds ever since. Star Wars was a game changer in the movie industry, and it set the standard for what to expect when at the theater. Part of what makes Star Wars an epic movie even today is the vast setting it takes place in.

The music helps portray the transition between a worried team full of buys to a confident team of

The Star Wars is an epic space opera franchise that needs no introduction. The movie series has more cult followers than most religions. Beside being the cutting edge of CGI at the time, Star Wars was (is?)

This documentary informs its viewers about what America did, or rather did not do, concerning the Jews of Europe during the Holocaust. The documentary charges America with not doing anything when having multiple chances to help the Jews escape the horrors that they were going to face by the Nazis. Those involved in making the documentary are the ones that are making the charges against America, along with the many people used in the documentary are resources of what America was doing concerning the Jews. This documentary uses many effective strategies and devices to show the audience that the charges against America are in fact true.

According to courses.lumenlearning.com, "The increased prosperity of the 1920s increased the Americans' income to spend on entertainment. As the popularity of ''moving pictures'' grew in the early part of the decade, "movie studios" expanded to seat larger audiences and sprang up in major cities. Hollywood became the main global film industry and can be traced back to the early 20th century, when filmmakers began to move to the West Coast of the United States. As stated in Britannica.com, "In 1919, De Forest developed an optical sound-on-film process patented as Phonofilm, and between 1923 and 1927, he made more than 1,000 synchronized sound shorts for release to specially wired theaters. " It also mentions that "One of the first successful subtractive processes was a two-color one introduced by Herbert Kalmus’s Technicolor Corporation in 1922.

For example, Jaws was the first film that featured a new type of insane character, the giant shark. “Jaws changed the face of American cinema, influencing the next generation of filmmakers to eye summer release dates, high-concept ideas, easy marketability, teaser trailers, TV spots, media junkets, merchandising, and the almighty dollar” (Stephens). In summary, the movie itself brought about many changes, but the shark dreamed up and created by Spielberg inspired new subjects and characters in other future films. Without Jaws, the film industry would not have chased after these new ideas and concepts like having an enormous shark as the main character. Furthermore, Spielberg was one of the first to bring aliens into a motion picture and with that came inspiration.

First of all, I believe that the Star Wars saga have transcended through generations due to the fact most people from age 80 to 4 know about the

George Lucas' Star Wars has been an "unprecedented commercial success in the history of cinema and has made a huge cultural impact" (Feichtinger 28). It is a popular franchise and is widely known all over the world. Star Wars plays a major role in influencing the youth and sending a message to everyone, especially the fans. George Lucas said that he wanted to do more than entertain the masses; he wanted to "introduce young Americans to spiritual teachings through 'new myths' for our globalized, pluralistic millennium" (Burke). These spiritual teachings and motifs are seen throughout the Star Wars movies and they "promote values and worldviews", which are adopted from Buddhism (Feichtinger 34).

Star Wars was created by George Lucas, whose mind was filled with inspiration and imagination that led others to believe that he created it based on mythology. Star Wars continues to provide interest to the people who admired it, and it changed our view of reality. The author believes that Star Wars is more than just entertainment. For us, it allows us to view of what our future would become.