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The premise of classic movies from the past are no longer plausible, so movies we all know and love, like National Lampoon’s Vacation won’t be made because it no longer makes sense for a family to get lost on a road trip when their Smart Phone has a Global Positioning System (GPS) or their car has navigation. The Blues Brothers, a cult classic, wouldn’t be believable in this day and age. The movie centers on two brothers traveling across the country franticly trying to get their band back together for a gig. There would be no need to for the road trip. One could simply Facebook message or even text them.  Those heart wrenching lost distance relationship movies seem less painful with the use of Skype, which allows you to video chat with each other whenever you want. With these changing times, writers are going to have to figure out ways to incorporate the new technology into the stories. They can either completely embrace the fact that technology is all around us or render technology useless in their stories.

It seems like every new movie now days are being released in 3D. With that comes a rise in ticket prices.  Some theaters are raising prices up 26%. Upcharges has risen from an average of two or three dollars to three dollars and fifty cents or more in many cases. Some theaters in Los Angeles and New York are raising prices five dollars. Andrew Stewart, a journalist for Variety Magazine, said, “The rise in 3D will boost studio returns from 45% to 55% depending on how long the movie remains in the theater.”  In some areas of New York City, a single ticket to a 3D movie can cost up to nineteen dollars and fifty cents. This means that it would cost a family of four Seventy-Eight dollars to go to the movies. This doesn’t even include the cost for drinks and popcorn. The average attendance of movies has decreased by 22% over the past decade. The average American when to see a movie five times a year in 2000. In 2010, the average American goes to the movies three point nine times a year. Box office revenues have decreased 8% since 2002.

To counter this trend the theaters are doing two things. First, They are making major improvements adding stadium and roomier seating. Theaters are starting to introduce the use of physical motion hoping to create an experience that cant be easily matched at home hoping this will appeal to the moviegoers and then will be able to raise prices.  Already fifty movie theaters have equipped at least one screen with the D-Box moving seats. The seats motion ranges being thrown forwards, backwards, and side-to-side. You are able to experience a momentary free fall as a character jumps off of a cliff. The second thing theaters are doing are increasing the number of high end restaurants they have at the theater. They want to increase your dining pleasure by adding lounges, bars, and at the concession stand.

When remediating my slides into text, I tried to go more in depth about what message the slide was trying portray. I found this to be more difficult than I thought. I knew for the slide I had to try and get my main points across using the least amount of words possible.  This process has taught me to think more carefully about the words I use in my writing. Use words for a purpose, not just to fill space.