Final Project- Gone to the 70s

              The films from the 1970s had a huge influence on today’s movies.  The movies of the 70s had started to become more advanced in the film and money aspects. The movies started to have more violence, sexual content and coarse language.  By having more violence, sexual content and coarse language, film became very risky and forcing the envelope. All of this risky business was due to the younger generation on directors and film producers.

                There were many films that became great hits in the 70s. This was due to the fact that most of the movies were aimed towards to younger audience. By aiming their focus on to the younger audience, the film makers could make more money and which would then allow them to make more films quicker. Some major film hits that were filmed in the 70s were movies such as; The Godfather, Taxi Driver, All the President’s Men, Rocky, The Omen, Halloween and Jaws, just to name a few.

 In the 70s movies were being released quicker than you could count. There were many different genres in the 70s. The main focus seemed to be action based and horror films. Horror films, as well as slasher films, were said to be based on true stories.  Films such as; The Exorcist, Jaws, Halloween, The last house on the Left, The hills have Eyes, The Omen, and the Texas chainsaw Massacre, sacred people in to hospital. The 70s also brought forth comedies. The most well-known comedy of the 70s would be “Animal House”. Animal House was about students living at a college campus. Another comedy that was popular was “Up in Smoke”.  Up in Smoke starred Cheech & Chong. Up in Smoke, appealed to the teenagers of the time, due to the use of marijuana.  The 70s era of film also introduced the beginning of the Star Wars series with “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope”. 

The 70s also introduced more special effects to their movies. Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind truly brought their game when I came to special effects. The special effects of today are now way more advanced than the ones in the 70s but the ones in the 70s were ground breaking and awe aspiring when they were first released.  

The films in the 70s had a great influence on the films we see today. Whether it be from the special effects, aimed towards the younger audience, or just pure awesomeness, the 70s have influenced it.