Films Based on Other Media

Question 1

What other types of media might films be based on?

Answer 1

TV shows, comic books, books, video games, games, toys

Question 2

Lowest Common Denominator meaning

Answer 2

appealing to anyone
E.g.: slipping on a banana peel

Question 3

Money made and spent in Hollywood

Answer 3

-larger budget; used to be 3 million to make and distribute, now over 100 million
-overall more money being spent
E.g: have a billion spent on making Avatar
-expenses re shared by taking on investors

Question 4

What is a criticism of appealing to the lowest common denominator?

Answer 4

Scripts are being dumbed down
-resulted in the changing nature of film; characters are one dimensional and always results in a happy ending
-this is referred to as wide and shallow (wide audience, not much depth/substance)