Response VI- Movies

People say that movies shaped a new economy for the future of the world. If you think about it, they are right. Movies created a large variety of jobs for people and created an entire industry. This discussion taught me that movies are literally just a long series of moving pictures that are played so fast to where the brain can only see it as what it actually isn't. Our points of view on this are seen differently than the director of the movie and the group of people making the film. When the movie Hugo was mentioned, I instantly recalled the scene where an audience was viewing the film "The Great Train Heist". It was actually a bit funny, as the audience seem to freak out when the train in the film being watched is moving towards them, as they think that it is about to run over them, even though it is only a screen. Another scene in "The Great Train Heist" features a man firing a gun, in which the audience would jump away, attempting to dodge a bullet that seems to be aiming towards the audience. What I learned the most from this was the importance of theaters today. I knew that movies were dying, but not as much as we think they are. Reflecting off of the lecture, it was one that fascinated me the most.