BLOG ARTICLE ON THE HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS

BLOG ARTICLE ON THE HISTORY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS: The Evolution of Documentary Filmmaking: During the U.S. involvement in World War II, the Hollywood film industry cooperated closely with the government to support its war-aims information campaign. In the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, the idea of “synergy” dominated the motion-picture industry in the United States, and an unprecedented wave of mergers and acquisitions pursued this ultimately elusive concept. Simply put, synergy implied that consolidating related media and entertainment properties under a single umbrella could strengthen every facet of a coordinated communications empire. Motion pictures, broadcast television, cable and satellite systems, radio networks, theme parks, newspapers and magazines, book publishers, manufacturers of home entertainment products, sports teams, Internet servic...