The 2000s saw major advances in film technology and the rise of blockbuster franchises. Avatar pioneered the use of 3D and motion capture, while the Lord of the Rings trilogy set new standards. Politics in the 2000s were turbulent, shaped by the 2000 election controversy and 9/11 attacks. The ensuing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq inspired many films. Natural disasters like hurricanes and the 2004 tsunami also left their mark. Overall, the 2000s opened new frontiers in digital filmmaking while exploring the geopolitical events that defined the era.

1. The 2000s
By :
Stephanie, Lhosayne, Ernst, Dana, Morissa and Orlando

2. Avatar
Director James Cameron stated that David Lean's classic film
Lawrence Of Arabia was one of his inspirations for Avatar.
There are also a lot of very recognizable archetypes in the story:
the American frontier and the conflict between a technical,
military civilization and a nature-aligned indigenous population.
Avatar was a global and international hit with its use of 3-D but
it wasn't the first 3-d film in the 2000 decade or film history .

3. 3D History
The first theatrical full length 3D film was the politically incorrectly
titled BWANA DEVIL. This 1952 film was composed of mostly stock
footage,
In 1960, Castle twisted the dead 3D gimmick to a whole new level with
13 GHOSTS. A great little haunted house movie that featured Margaret
Hamilton.
The 3D films died out in the 1980s and came around again in the 2000s.
Advances in computer technology made it much easier to create 3D
movies in general, and especially in computer animation.
highly praised 3D productions to date such as How to Train Your
Dragon (98% on Rotten Tomatoes) and Toy Story 3 (99%).
Films such as Star Wars (1977) The Matrix (1999) Spiderman (2002),
Minority Report (2002) opened major doors for Avatar.

4. Politics in the 2000s
Politics in the first decade of the 21st century has been very chaotic. In the
2000 Elections the presidential candidates were George Bush Jr. and Al Gore
when it seemed that Gore had was going to win the elections.
Florida had a recount and its votes gave Bush, 271 electoral votes that defeated
Al Gore who received 266 electoral votes which was a violation was a violation
of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Bush ran for a second term due to voters being in support of War on Terrorism
after the September 11,2001 attacks on the World Trade Center allegedly by Al-
Qaeda which continued the act of terrorism throughout the decade.
These events inspired films such as United 93 (2006) and World Trade Center
(2006).
After Bush's second term was over an African American senator from
Chicago, Illinois named Barack Obama ran for the presidential elections and
became the 44th president of the United States of America and the first known
black president.

5. Wars in the 2000s
Wars dominated the 2000s decade and the War on Terrorism also known
as The Afghan War has been documented as the longest war in U.S.
history.
This war has lasted around 120 months along with The War in Iraq from
2003-2011 under false pretenses that Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction but the war did stop the cruel dictatorship of Saddam
Hussein.
Films such as Hurt Locker (2008) and Lions for Lambs (2007) were inspired
by these wars.
The war against terrorism has given resurgence to an old type of torture
simply termed as "waterboarding" or "wash boarding" involves strapping
a person to an inclined board, the victim's arms and legs are binded, and
they cover his face. The physical experience is the person's mind believing
he is drowning.
The Genocidal War of Darfur, Sudan from 2003-2009 was brought to the
public's attention by musicians and grassroots organizations to stop the
conflict between Afro-Arabs vs. the Non-Arab militias and rebel groups.
over Darfur's government oppressing black Africans in favor of Arabs.

6. Disasters in the 2000s
Disasters dealing with nature taking its toll in the 2000s with
Hurricanes wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast and Florida
during 2004, 2005, and 2008.
Hurricane Katrina was the nation's deadliest disaster of the
decade killing more than 1,800 Americans which inspired the
film Hurricane Season in 2008.
Hurricane Ike was the decade's second-costliest disaster,
with some $30 billion in damage reported in 2008.
The tsunami that took place in Japan during December 26,
2004 was the deadliest tsunami in history killing over
250,000 people from Japan to Africa. The film The Day After
Tomorrow (2004) shows New York being destroyed by a
huge Tsunami.
In the 2000s there were earthquakes, plane crashes, and
random acts of terrorism.
Especially in the early 2000s with anthrax and the DC Sniper.

7. Prominent Events of the 2000s
2000 Mad Cow disease alarms Europe
2001 Anthrax scare rivets nation, as anthrax-laced letters are sent to various media and
government officials. Several die after handling the letters (October 5 et seq.).
In response to Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, U.S. and British forces launch bombing
campaign against Taliban government and al-Qaeda terrorist camps in Afghanistan.
Bombings continue on a daily basis
2002 The euro currency debuts in 12 European countries
2003 Space shuttle Columbia explodes, killing all seven astronauts
2004 Spain is rocked by terrorist attacks, killing more than 200 and Al-Qaeda takes
responsibility
2005 Worldwide aid pours in to help the 11 Asian countries devastated by the Dec. 26,
2005
2006 Four days after an appeals court upholds his death sentence, Saddam Hussein is
hanged in Baghdad
2007 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is elected Argentina's first woman president
2008 Gunman kills six students and then himself and wounds 15 more when he opens
fire on a classroom at Northern Illinois University.
2009 U.S. Airways plane ditches in the Hudson River - all 155 passengers survive

8. Technology of 2000’s
The Decade of Tech, Science and Invention

9. 2000’s of Science
Scientists discover water
ice on the mood in 2009.
Space Tourism Private
spaceflight begins with
American Dennis
AFIS and CODIS become
the main forensic tools
for fingerprint
In August 2006 Pluto is
demoted to a “dwarf
planet” after being
considered a planet for 76
years. Other "dwarf
planets" in our solar
system now include Ceres
and Eris.

10. The Technology
Digital cameras become very
popular due to rapid decreases in
size and cost while photo
resolution steadily increases.
Flat pane display begin displacing
to: navigation search
Demonstration of a flexible OLED
device A green emitting OLED
device An OLED (organic light-
emitting diode)
Hdtv’s

11. Invention

12. The decade of Animation

13. 3D Movies and new
technology
Making of the Matrix Behind the Scenes

14. Avatar: Motion Capture Mirrors Emotions

15. Art and Literature
Changes in Art and Literature reflected issues of the early 200s
by starting to reject traditions and stand up for artistic freedom.
Globalization, which had intensified in the post- Cold war
1990’s, continued to influence the worlds in the 2000s.
The growth of the Internet was one of the prime contributors
to globalization during the decade, making it possible for
people to interact with other people and express ideas.

16. Introduce other to different cultures and backgrounds, use goods
and service, sell and buy online, research and learn about
anything, along with experience the whole world without having
to leave home.
The decade saw further expansion of LGBT rights
Climate change and global warming became household words in
the 2000s

18. 2000’s in Film
Usage of computer-generate imagery became widespread in films
during the 2000s.
Documentary and Mockumentary films, such as March of the
Penguins and Super Size me were popular.
Oscar Winners: Gladiator , A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, The Lord of the
Rings: The return of the king, Million Dollar Baby, Crash, The
departed, No country for old me, Slumdog Millionaire, The Hurt
locker.

19. Avatar Trailer

20. Obama’s Inauguration

22. 2000’s Films Budget

23. 2000’s film Budget
From 2000 to 2012 which is ten years
of the budgets of films are flying up!
2000’s, films budget from $15,000,000
goes up to $300,000,000

24. Low Budget movie in 2000’s
Although, most of the films budgets goes up, but still have some
films get influenced by finical crisis.
Primer(2004,$7,000)
Paranormal Activity (2009, $15,000)

25. Best Movie in 2000’s In the
US
Avatar (Cameron) USA,2009.
The budget of Avatar was $237,000,000
US Gross $760,507,625
Worldwide Gross $2,783,918,982

26. 2000s International
Over the past 30 years, foreign markets have generally accounted
for about one-half of major U.S. producers' total sales in these
industries. By the late 2000s, international sales accounted for
approximately two-thirds of box office sales.
Example: The film Titanic made almost US$2 billion in worldwide
sales as of 2001—making it the biggest-grossing movie of all time.

27. 2000’s film business
In 2000, sales reached US$37 billion, with music consumption
high among young audiences everywhere.
Almost 80% of movies sold overseas come from the U.S. movie
industry

28. Movies Banned in the 2000s
The Yes Men Fix the World
(2009) •Banned in 2010
•It was a movie about “The Yes Men,”
culture jamming activists whose goal is
to expose lies and bring attention to
what they believe are social injustices
•The Yes Men make fake parody
websites, such as a false world trade
website, in which people think are
authentic.
• “The Yes Men Fix the World” was
blocked from releasing due to a pending
lawsuit by the commercial entity, United
States Chamber of Commerce.
•The film spoofed the USCOC declaring
the it needs to reevaluate it’s climate
change policy in regards to clean air.

29. “Yes Men Fix the World
Trailer”

30. The Profit
A movie intended to educate the
public about cults.
It spoofed Scientology used
elements from the life of L. Ron
Howard, the creator of
Scientology.
Church of Scientology claimed that
the film could taint the jury pool in
the wrong death trial of Lisa
McPherson
McPherson was a former member
of the Church of Scientology. She
died of a pulmonary
embolism while under the care of
the Flag Service Organization , a
branch of the Church of
Scientology.
The medical examiner claimed she
was a victim of a negligent
homicide, which indicted the
church on two felony charges.

31. Human Centipede 2 (2011) •Banned in Britain
•Cut in the USA
•Unleashed in Britain
•The sequel to a movie about a
crazed scientists whose goal was to
make a centipede out of humans.
•The sequel was about an obsessed
actor who saw the first film and
decided to create a human centipede
out of 12 people instead of two.
•Described as: "not suitable for
classification certificate"
“tasteless and disgusting"
"harm is likely to be cause to potential
viewers"
"otherwise illegal"
"in breach of criminal law"
"sadistic violence"
"depraved sexual fantasy"
"degradation, humiliation, mutilation,
torture"

32. Film Censorship from 2000-
Present
What’s good? What’s bad?
 Help and protect people from  Freedom of speech is
dangerous concepts, violence and compromised
pornography  Prevents free flow of ideas
 Protection of the citizens by either  Leads to ignorance of the
banning some explicit content or society
labeling it with age restriction  Works against creativity
 Religious conflicts are avoided  Intrudes on the privacy of a
person
 Preserves the secrets of a nation
 Gives rise to & hides human
 Prevent politically motivated right abuses
propaganda
 Shields the moral of society
 Restrains vulgarity and obscenity

33. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
2010

34. Influx of Movies based off Comic Books in the
2000’s