Jim Carrey interview (source four)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjrivdKAm4I

Dumb and Dumber Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE7gINaS5o

Area of investigation

Performence of Jim Carrey and his contribution to the comedy genre.

Focus film (source one)

The Truman Show(1998)

Direceted by Peter Weir starrring Jim Carrey, this is one of carrey's most criticly popular with and i have chose to research it as Jim Carrey is able to blend drama and comedy rather than his usualy slapstick.

Related fims

The Mask(1994) (source two)
This was one of Jim'sfirst movies, it is also one of his most highly regarded films. Upon its release in 1994 it recieved positive reviews from critics and was certainly one his most popular early films, which incresed his reputation as a actor. The film was also nominated for sevral Golden Globes, marking the first time the actor was involved in such an occasion.
Bruce Almighty(2003) (source three)
Directed by Tom Shadyac who has previously worker with Jim on Liar Lair. This film has been Jim's highest grossing film to date, and will provide a good talking point when i discuss whether or Jim is still doing as well as he once did.

Newspaper Aricles

Jim Carrey's battle with depression (source five)
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/celeb_interviews/article934514.ece
Here is a link to the British Newespaper The Sun in has an artlice on Carrey's battle with depression and how he overcame it. This article is usefull as it shows another side not often shown of Jim Carrey as his pulic persona is seen as quite a happy and funny guy.

Decline of Hollywood stars (source fifteen)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jul/11/tom-hanks-box-office-flops?INTCMP=SRCH
This article discusses the decline in popularity of the Hollywood A-lister. It focuses on Tom Hanks but can be adapted to any star. It mention Jim Carrey's recent release A Christmas Carol and it poor opening, the film had a budget of $200 and opened to less than $20. It also talks about the decline of DVD sales and how on demand services and how in this age people are able to find out much quicker if a movie is good or not with sevices such as Twitter.

Enduring appeal of Jim Carrey (source six)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jun/20/green-lantern-ryan-reynolds-jim-carrey?INTCMP=SRCH
Here is a link to The Guardian it mainly talks about the recent Box- Office performence Green Lanturn, although it does talk quite a bit about Jim Carrey's performence and Hollywood has able to change and endure.

Magazine Articles

Empire "The Truman Show" review (source seven)
http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?DVDID=117206
This is a link to the popular and respected film magazine Empire. It contains a review of The Truman Show, this magazine is sure to give a fair and accurate review of the movie and, this site will be helpfull as i will be able to quote the review inj my work. This article will also provide a fair reprentation of what a typical review from a professional critic thought of the movie.

Overpaid actors
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/nov/08/forbes-hollywood-10-most-overpaid?INTCMP=SRCH
This questions whether some stars desrve their high salaries. It lists the top ten most over paid actors in Hollywood, although Jim Carrey is not featured on the list i chose to include it does show how the movie industry has changed and people no longer go to the cinema to see a big Hollywood star. Will Ferrell tops the list, with his flops including Semi-pro and Land of The Lost

http://www.laweekly.com/2007-08-23/news/the-worst-talent-deal-ever/ (source eight)

Television

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3opuPA9Bek (source nine)
An interview with Jim Carrey during the mid 90s. He talks about his sucsess in the industry and it goes on to talk about his record high salary. I will be able to use this clip during my presentation to reinforce my points as well as evidence of his rise to fame.

Internet research

Star Theory (source ten)
http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/michaelwalford/entry/stars_and_star/
As i have focused my investigation on a pefromer I will need to apply Star Theroy this website will be helpfull as i will provide mw with a range of resource to reference and apply to my work.

History of Jim Carrey (source eleven)
http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-evolution-of-jim-carrey/mr-popper-s-penguins-2011#content
This article from Total Film show the history of Jim Carrey's career, it includes details on the box office reception of many of his films as well as the acting style his adopted when making the film.

Box office mojo
http://boxofficemojo.com/
This site wil provide me with infomation on the box-office results of Jim Carreys films including the opening weekeds and total lifetime gross. I will be able to use this infomation to intuprate audience reaction to the actors acting style and what audience like and do not like.

http://www.film4.com/reviews/1994/ace-ventura-pet-detective

http://www.emanuellevy.com/review/mask-the-1994-2/

http://www.film4.com/reviews/1998/the-truman-show (source twelve)
I used a quote from this review of The Truman Show in my presentaton script. It describes how in this film Carrey was able to be hilarious without having to resort to broad comedy. I will use this source when discussing The Truman Show, and how Jim Carrey was able to change his acting style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6siEEDx0dk&feature=fvsr (source thirteen)
A compilation video from Youtube featuring some of Jim Carrey's movies. I will use this video a the begining of my presentation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8Rzhm3UOM (Source fifteen)
I will use this clip when talking about the special effects of the film, this transformation scene features lots of special effects and will be good to help illustrate my point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIQFTBsGccA
Trailer for Hoton hears a who.