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TV households worldwide
only about 20 percent, compared to almost 100 percent in the U.S.
Radio drama as entertainment
still popular worldwide, but not so much in the U.S.
-achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development of the 1920s
-by 1940s, leading international popular entertainment
components of radio drama
with no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects
Radio drama in the U.S
since 2006, minimal presence
BBC
-producers and broadcasts hundreds of new radio plays each year
-Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy: science fiction comedy series created by douglas adams
-originally bradcasted on BBC radio
-became an international multi-media phenomenon, including a film and a book
Radio drama from BBC-Archers
-on air since 1950
-most listened to BBC radio non-news program
-airs 5 times a week
-worlds longest running radio soap and since the axing of soap opera guiding light, worlds largest soap-opera in any format
-Spin offs:
Afganistan- new home, new life, listeners were less likely to be injured in a landline than non-listeners
-Rwanda: hand in hand
-Russia: house 7 entrance 4
-Japan: 15 min, on TV now
Resurgance of audio drama
-alot had to do with podcasts
-worlwide, including in the U.S.
-rejection of studio recordings is becoming more
popular, podcasts are financed by advertising
-BBC pull in 6.7 million listeners, biggest audio producer in the world
-In europe public audio broadcasters tries to keep alive
ex: norway has a popular audio detective series
-canada axed its radio drama budjet
-BBC is exploring more time lengths to draw more audience to get younger listeners (authenticity)
Movie going Worlwide
-people are going to the movies
-box office of all films out of U.S. increase by 10% annually
-PG-13 is most popular rating
-China's market grew
Cinema of Africa
-during colonial area Africa was represented by western filmmakers
-portrayed as an exotic land w/o history or culture
ex: single epics like Tarzan
-made western audience
-Cinema of Egypt is one of the oldest in the world
-Nigerian is the largest in terms of value, arrival films, arrival and popularity
-afican filmakers saw filmaking as an important political tool for rectifying images of African put forward by western filmmakers
-africa movie awards marked the growth of loal film industries such as nigeria
-African Cinema focuses on social political themes, explores context of traditional past and modern times
Africa (Nelson Mandela)
-Imprisoned for anti-apartheid activism in his South African homeland
-Elected president of South Africa national rugby team to win the 1995 world cup
-why did black south afrians cheer for other nations teams? B/C of the apartheid system, equal rights
Apartheid
-System of racial segregation enforced by the national party gov't of South africa between 1948-1994, the rights of the majority non-white inhibitions of South africa were curtailed and whited supremacy, Afrikaner minority rule was maintained
-South africa- 10% white
-the power of one addressed apartheid, significant b/c it takes a white character who was raised by african women who taught him the language, shows that all white people were not supremacists/ racists in south africa
Bollywood
-informal term used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai, India
-India produces the most movies
-Origin: when india overtook the U.S. as the worlds most prolific producer of films
-largest centers of film production
-sells about 36 billion tickets annually across the globe, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion
-often family oriented musicals
-songs, dances, love triangles, comedy usually included in 3-hour long film w/ intermission called Masala films
-3 idiots: highest grossing film
Cinema of China
-since 1949, cinema of mainland china has operated under the restrictions imposed by the communist party of china
-Chines film: farewell my concubine, crouching tiger, house of flying daggers
-vast majority produced in mandarin (most widely spoken)
-Chinese producers of film: hong kong, china, taiwan
-vastly under-screened
-cinema construction is intense, owning and operating theaters in china is extremely profitable
-only 25% of china population has sufficient income to afford movie tickets
-most movie screen is U.S, least is China
-Movie ticket prices are high, priciest in the world
-makes about 500 movies a year
-Has designated cultural industries, as major growth for economic expansion and to extend china "soft power"
-movie going has become a favored pastime and will become accessible and affordable for 100s of people
hendigan world studios
-chinese hollywood
-largest film studio in the world, by size
-operated by a farmer turned millionaire, xu wnrung
-box office success broad, several have been critically acclaimed
-crouching tiger achieved success in 2020 at western box office despite being dismissed by chinese for pandering to western tastes
-provided an introduction to chinese cinema and increased popularity of many chinese film that might have remained unknown
-House of flying daggers: received a 20-minute standing ovation, different from most chinese martial arts films b/c it is also a complicated love story
Lee jun fan
-chinese-american actor, martial artist, film director, film producer, screenwriter, considered one of most influential martial artists
-Enter the dragon: first martial art film produced by major Hollywood studio, lees final film before death
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