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
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
16. 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.
17. 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.
22. 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
23. 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)
24. 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
25. 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.
26. 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
