Have I ever looked at the progress of film and why? Probably not until today. Today I looked over a bunch of war films. It may not be the most normal thing for a teenage girl, but it worked. I saw why directors and producers made certain choices. For example, the choice to make a black and white film once black and white films were becoming a lot less popular. The coloring made war look like a game, which made it look like more teenage boys and young men would be going of to war. Also the discoloring stopped me from really seeing the blood. Instead of it looking like real war, it almost looked like someone was squirting chocolate syrup from it's bottle.
The last one was very brutal. Veterans from wars could not even bare to look at the film. The main reason for this though was that the executives decided to use color and that they used first person point of view. I didn't just see a bunch of men running to the enemy from above. I saw a bunch of men running along side me as we charged the enemy, it really felt like I was there. All though it was hard to watch, due to all the blood, I found it very educational.
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