Cinema’s Geopolitical Influence
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Cinema’s Geopolitical Influence in supporting external/International political policies or raising global awareness among viewers.
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Cinema’s Geopolitical Influence
- 1. CINEMA’S GEOPOLITICAL INFLUENCE Presented by: ABOU SALEH Habib DALPONT Chahndra NIETO Francisco WILLIAMS Harlem
- 3. Global Box Office earned $36 Billion USD in 2014 Film changes the world and impacts human ideology Militainment, the merger of the military and entertainment MILITAINMENT International 72% U.S/ Canada 28% Global Box Office – All Films (Market Statistics 2014) EMEA 40.8% Asia Pacific 47.7% Latin America 11.5% International Box Office by Region – All Films (Market Statistics 2014)
- 4. CINEMATIC BENEFITS FOR THE GOVERNMENT • Supports economic, military and cultural power • Depicts wars in a positive light • Affirms foreign policy and action • Depicting false threat • Circulate apolitical culture
- 5. CINEMA’S EVOLUTION TIME FRAME & INVOLVEMENT WWI WWII Vietnam 9/11 Request for Aid Blacklisting Anti-Communist Anti-Terrorism Anti-communist Anti-Axis powers Entertainment Liaison created Special Effects Focus on Sound Feature Films War Psychology 1915 1927 1940s 1960s 1968 1970s 1986 2001 Birth of a Nation Midway Star Wars Blackhawk Guadalacanal Green Berets Alien Down Air Force Wings 1st Academy Award Top Gun Platoon Conflict DOD Focus Industry Changes Years Films
- 6. CINEMA'S INFLECTIONS AND ROLES Cinema After September 11, 2001 US Department Of Defense Propaganda Global Awareness
- 7. GLOBAL AWARENESS: “LORD OF WAR”
- 8. HOW TO READ: LORD OF WAR The Lord of War has become a messenger for PEACE Motivation to think beyond a certain limit: QUESTIONABLE BUSINESS, and the ETHICS behind selling guns What are the BENEFITS AND ADVANTAGES that the WORLD'S BIGGEST ARMS SUPPLIERS - USA, UK, Russia, France and China: the FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL?
- 10. US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROPAGANDA
- 11. HOW TO READ “IRON MAN”? The Cultural Power of Iron Man Cultural and ideological support to the U.S. Empire Affirm post-9/11 U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan. The Military Power of Iron Man Iron Man supports U.S. military power and DOD’s public relations goals. DOD-Hollywood symbiotic (mutually beneficial) relationship. To make DOD look good and To make Hollywood money Iron Man supports U.S. Economic power $445M Box Office Walt Disney Company, 42B in 2012 acquired Marvel in 2009, exploiting IronMan figure: Ironman 2 #34 and Ironman #3 top historic seller.
- 12. WARNING LABEL: PLEASE BE AWARE BEFORE WATCHING MILITAINMENT: (NOUN) “ENTERTAINMENT WITH MILITARY THEMES IN WHICH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IS CELEBRATED”
Editor's Notes
- When the US entered World War I, Washington established the Committee of Public Information, which formulated guidelines for all media to promote domestic support for the war. The small but growing movie industry readily offered its support, with the Motion Picture News proclaiming in a 1917 editorial, “[E]very individual at work in this industry” has promised to provide “slides, film leaders and trailers, posters ... to spread that propaganda so necessary to the immediate mobilisation of the country’s great resources.”….. Govt control of influencers of cinema to exclude communist voices. Hollywood 10 imprisoned for being communist, House on Un-American Activities Committee. Studios began producing money-losing anti-communist films and were more careful of what they produced An entertainment liaison office was created in 1948 as a part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) inquiry => 330+ movies funded by DOD https://fowlchicago.wordpress.com/2014/09/09/us-department-of-defense-releases-list-of-all-hollywood-films-dod-helped-produce/ 1960s, liaison activity peaked (Green Berets the only vietnam film supported) but funding has continued to increase
- Black Diamond: Main Message is Ethics and morality What is the responsibility of diamond corporations and retailers to ensure that they are dealing with conflict-free diamonds To what extent should consumers be responsible for investigating their purchases before they buy? Is there a moral difference between buying blood diamonds and buying goods produced in sweat shops Green Zone: The Green Zone" goes too far in blaming the United States government, and that it manipulates the audience into rooting against American troops. Lord of War: Running a Movie
- The Lord of War has become a messenger for peace Motivation to think beyond a certain limit: questionable business, and the ethics behind selling guns: is it just a business, or does the seller bear some responsibility in what happens with those weapons? The movie forms a great debate without being forceful, creating thoughtful material to consider once the movie is over. Unfortunately by tossing in a couple of closing title screens the film changes to a specifically overt point of view by attempting to place the blame on a particular. It points out that the world’s largest suppliers of arms: US, UK, France, Russia, and China are also the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, hinting at the irony that those in charge of ensuring peace in the world are the same as those who sell the tools which fuel the conflicts. But it doesn’t end at this point, what is really important is to understand the geopolitical, economic, and cultural influences as part of the main soft power spreading out of those conflict.
- Benefit of being in a position of power in a position of control where you decide where to go or not go. Supply or not. Strategic planning. Then as an example