My topic was the film industry in Spain. I chose this topic because I love movies and the story and adventure that comes along with them, and I wanted to know how similar (or not) that the film cultures between Spain and America were.
Before studying this topic, I knew nothing about it. I didn't even know that there are some major movies released in America that were from Spain.
In Spain, the movie industry is very different from America. The film industry took much longer to become popular in Spain. When it began, it took forever to become popular due to the population of Spain having more important priorities than going to see a movie. film and what it involved was constantly changing. Under Franco, film was strictly censored and constantly boring. However, when Franco fell, his censorship fell with him (after about two years). The film industry took this advantage and went crazy. There were movies that tried to break every kind of rule there was, and had all sorts of anti-censorship in it. Currently, the Spanish are some of the most enthusiastic film-goers in the world. But don't think this means that the Spanish are the best filmmakers; around one in every seven tickets sold is for a Spanish, homegrown production. They import movies from all over, especially from America. The Spanish love the action and adventure in American films. They also have several film festivals in their bigger cities, with genres such as international films, erotic films, gay films, and horror films.
While in Spain, I saw countless numbers of posters for American films, especially for Liam Neeson's "Taken 3". I was hoping to find a cinema to at least see how it was set up and possibly see a film, but we either didn't have time or I couldn't find a cinema. We did visit the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca that a large part of the movie Vantage Point was filmed in.
In conclusion, I'm very glad I studied the Spanish film industry and I'm happy to have seen all I did in Spain. I do really wish I could have seen a movie in a Spanish cinema. I guess I'll just have to go back and do just that!
This was really interesting. I didn't know anything about Spanish cinema really, and some of the facts about the different films they show surprised me. I also didn't know that they import so many American movies either. Nice work!