The way the world is today, I would be surprised to find any one who has never seen a film. Actually, I would be surprised to find that there were any of us that made it through the day with out seeing at least one film clip. Film has brought so much to our daily lives. It brings us the news of our time and embodies the stories that we love.
Film has become a new medium that we use to relate to each other and express ideas and desires.
It is not a rare occurrence to be sitting in class and talking about any old topic and someone in the room say something to the affect of, “Hey that is like the thing that Tyra talked about last night” or “Yeah, that reminds me of the situation in this move I saw last week”. Some go as far as to offer advice on relationships based on cinematic knowledge of the endings of movies that dealt with the same/similar problems.
In the media culture that I am immersed in today, the medium of film has become a way of assimilating ideas and concepts. Film allows us to draw nice comparisons in our own lives and the lives of screen inhabiters. Film has also become away of relating to each other and the world we live in.
Film is powerful, and like what was most likely a dead white guy once said, “And with power, comes great responsibility.” Powerful films have changed the mindsets of people to think in new ways. Film has given people like M. Moore the power to share his ideas with others.
More recently since the birth of Youtube, any old schmuck with a USB port and a camera has the ability to send their message to infinite numbers of homes. Giving the power of film to the every day person opens up new worlds of possibilities. We can all me our own Youtube supper star, the fore runner for our own personal crusade.
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