"Lawless" Behavior

Violent Films, Are They Inspiring Violent Behavior?
There have always been people as far i can remember, mostly parents and or guardians, who worry that allowing their child to view the new blockbuster film to hit theaters might and will influence their child to to reenact the violent or rude things they see in the film. But exactly how accurate are these assumptions? But it's not just children, as believed in the recent Aurora, CO theater shooting. Most people  are not the same and I hope most wouldn't try to imitate anything violent, immature, or dangerous  just because they saw it in a movie.
Nick Cave, a screenwriter and musician, who also had wrote the upcoming film "Lawless"; Cave believes that there is indeed a connection between violent movies and violent acts. In an interview taken of Nick Cave by 24 Frames, Cave stated "If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things," he said. "To say they can't is to deny all movies their power." Because of the films numerous shootings scenes and murders, Cave believes although he took part in this film it may have a bad influence on viewers.
This might very directly affect myself as a filmaker, because it could place a bad image on a whole genre. Action films are known for fast paced and sometimes brutal fight scenes and action that are usually memorble and impressionable. It could affect maybe in the future what movies are to be made if laws maybe passed against bloody films. It could take out a whole part of story telling even if it does have some gruesome scenes they are still very good stories.
I really want to know how this might affect the action film genre if people begin believing that violent films are responsible for violent actions such as the movie theater shooting. Will it end up changing the film industry itself? I believe it will but in what way? 

Unfinished Business for Tony Scott

Tony Scott, a well celebrated and well remembered for his famous action films recently passed this past week on August 19, 2012. Some of Scott's most memorable films include Top Gun, The Taking of Pelham 123, Crimson Tide, and his recently released film Prometheus. Scott was well known for his action films having tough alpha-male type heroes, intense action and suspense scenes and his great skills with the actual filming of scenes which made it even more intense of a ride to watch one of Scott's films.
The LA Times brought forth some rather saddening news beyond the famous director's death, his legacy of films could have expanded if it wasn't for his unfortunate passing. Some action movie fans know that one of Scott's greatest remembered films would be Top Gun, after his death it was brought forth that Scott was working on the sequel to this film placed in a modern world of ariel combat and drones. Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions released they had hoped to begin shooting next year and release it into theaters by 2014. Other films Scott had planned on completing are some called "Narco Sub", a film about underwater drug transportation from latin america, and "Lucky Strike" about a DEA agent forced to run missions with a drug dealer. Scott left behind him a legacy of work with he and his brothers, and numerous other figures in the film industry from Steven Speilberg to Stanley Kubrick. Many in the film industry from actors whom he had worked with and directors he created films with were all shocked to have found out about his untimely death.
Tony Scott was one of my most favorite film directors, and his death pulled on me greatly. Scott filmed some of my favorite films I've viewed and that's what originally caught my attention towards this. But the fact that he left behind so much unfinished work began to bother me greatly, especially since he could have had a lot of success with one of his planned films Top Gun. There aren't many directors who can produce a great piece like he had done for decades.
With the recent movie trailer release of Red Dawn(2012), I was hoping Top Gun could have gone along side it to breath new life into the film industry bringing back old favorites for new tastes. As a consumer it dissapoints me that a possibly great remake of a classic will probably never be made. However Tony Scott's legacy is a great inspiration for me as a future filmmaker, his amazing action films set the standard for thrilling and suspenseful action genre films.
Since I've found of this remake of Top Gun, I've been curious about knowing whether paramount will continue his work or will it cease along with the deceased. It seems to me like older directors and producers might want to make remakes of old favorites. Who will follow in his steps and fill the movie screen with films as intense and great as Tony Scott's famous and celebrated films.

Fox Internship Lawsuits

Many young bright youth join internship programs to get an insight and feel around the career course of their pleasure, it's meant to be an educational experience and an enjoyable experience. But has Fox Searchlight taken it wrongly? Lawsuits were filed against this media giant because of interns who had worked under Fox in several of their productions, and were put to work more than they should have. There was proper I-9 type paperwork signed, yet these interns weren't paid as they should have been, especially with the workload had been placed on them. Several of the interns' lawyers want to expand the lawsuit to include the whole of Fox as well.

Being an intern is only for the experience and as a learning experience what it's like in the business they wish to pursue. Many interns are given lame, sometimes boring, sometimes fun, and sometimes stressful work. It doesn't mean that they should be treated as less than what they do just because they're in an internship. That really caught my attention at the fact that this media giant had taken advantage of their interns and just treated them horribly.
In the future, of many and I'm sure of many, they will seek internship as a way to learn the ropes. And I'm sure no one would enjoy being treated as bad as they were. Because if people are willing to put in a lot of time and effort and even take up employee jobs then they should at least be paid for their work done!
This article began rising questions in my mind about the film industry greatly. Are all other companies the same or is this just a problem in one company that needs fixing? What really bugs me is wondering how long this has been going on and if it has been going on for a while then why now? Why is it only now receiving attention?

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Internship Lawsuit Against Fox