As I read chapter 2, I went back and thought about a certain section of the chapter. The section that I am referring to is the section titled, "Subject Matter and Meaning." In this section, it says that the movies are not just about a subject but the rendition of that subject for particular reasons and create certain meanings. When I thought about this, I thought about how the book is saying that when you are watching a movie, you are the one who creates the subject of the movie. An example of something like this would be a movie where there is a good guy and a bad guy. Most people would agree that a certain person in the movie is the good guy, but there can always be that one person who sees the movie in the opposite way. An example of something like this would be a film such as the movie, "Blow". The main character is a drug dealer so he should be viewed as a bad guy.I believe that most people would see him as a good guy caught up in bad situations. That could just be how the writers envisioned the movie to be like though.This is the idea that is mentioned in the book, that it is up to the viewer to develop the meaning of the film.

As I read the beginning of chapter two, it shows some things you should be able to do after studying the chapter. It shows five notes about how you should go about taking notes and analytically taking a movie apart while you watch it and review it. I myself have done each of those notes except for the first note, which is to present some preliminary questions about a film that help you begin to think analytically about the film. I have never taken any notes while watching movie to critique it, I always just critique them in my head. If I were to right things down instead of just thinking about it, then I would be able to analyze the film more thoroughly.

As I skip up to the last paragraph of the chapter, I noticed that it talks about taking notes while watching a movie. the book states that taking methodical notes allow a viewer to map accurately what happens in the movie. I believe that this tactic would be much more efficient then the way I do it, by just questioning the film in my head. If I were ever to go into a career in movie reviews, then I would use this tactic to get my job done correctly.

In the beginning of chapter 2, the author talks about how Hollywood began to rule and triumph out of the US and move throughout the world. The movies have not always been an around the world tip of thing, it took innovations and lead actors to get out. The US was a starting off place for Hollywood. Fans would see stars such as Charlie Chaplin and from that the directors created story lines to draw people in to see the movies. From that, the movie industry had its break and began becoming popular not only in the US, but also around the world.
Today it seems as if the movie industry and Hollywood is one of the most profitable industries to be in. When movies first started off, they needed to find a way for people to see their movies. Not only this, the venue that the movie was showed in also helped Hollywood grow in popularity as well.They were able to hold thousands of people. Over time, as the popularity of the actors and actresses and as technology grew more advanced, Hollywood began to rule the world.

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In the first chapter, I read a section titled, “The Critical Essay”. This paragraph states that the writer presumes that the reader has seen or is at least familiar with the film under discussion. This kind of essay would be similar to a critical review of a piece of work. It is a review of a movie. A critical essay is different than just a review because the critical essay is much more specific. People like to read critical essays because they have the ability to enlighten people of new materials or topics within the film, even if they have seen the movie already. The critical essay is a more in depth review.

As I read further into the first chapter, I got the the section titled, "Opinion and Evaluation". The first paragraph says that when you write about film, personal opinion and taste will necessarily become part of your argument. When I read this I think that it means that the opinion of the writer is the reason for the topic of the essay or story. I think that people might view the writers piece in different forms but the writer will be the one that will be able to clarify what it means. 

As I entered this film class, I have entered this class under what I believe is a basic understanding of how to create a film. In the first chapter of the text book, the author talks about many things that helps to know about before you begin to create a film. One thing was the audience and the different kinds of critisism that you must think about while creating your film. I knew about these kinds of things before entering the class, but the book elaborates more about how the writer must distiguish about the different kinds of audiences that they are trying to reach.

When I chose this class, I knew that writers needed to worry about the critics and critisism as they wrote. I did not think about the fact that they needed to reach a certain forum. These forums would be a screening report, a movie review, a theoretical essay and a critical essay. These four distinctions are huge into deciding what to say to your audience. The fact that the internet now broadcasts your information to everyone instead of a certain group of people is certainly a problem to these people. I believe that the writers need to worry less about focusing on a certain group and to focus on every group in order to keep the readers, reading.