reason behind the purchasing the sequel rights before the first films are even made. Arundel hopes to escape the riskiness of producing a movie in the movie industry for a price by purchasing the option to produce potential successful sequels. Moviegoers’ tastes are unpredictable and predicting the success of any film was almost impossible. Therefore‚ Arundel used an innovative way of managing this risk by only purchasing sequel rights to films even before they are produced so that they can go on
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The Shining‚ a film produced by Stanley Kubrick in the year of 1980‚ is a classic horror movie about a family isolated in a haunted hotel for the winter. However‚ Bill Blakemore‚ a journalist‚ has written an article that claims that the film has much more meaning to it than just a man gone mad in a sinister hotel filled with dark entities. The article “The Family Of Man” written by Bill Blakemore‚ could make it seem as if it is almost an entirely new film. However‚ the movie is no more than what
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Memo Evaluation ENG 221 Memo Evaluation ------------------------------------------------- In choosing for the week 2 individual assignment‚ a memo that was written by Harkins Theaters corporate office in the wake of the Colorado tragedy that occurred on July 20th‚ 2012. The memo was meant as a general communication to all Harkins Theaters in Arizona and also in Texas‚ California‚ Colorado‚ and Oklahoma. Headquartered in Scottsdale‚ it was a communication for employees and upper management
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(Belton 1990‚ pp. 187). Moviegoers were also drawn to other‚ cheaper forms of ‘mass entertainment’ such as theme parks. The wide-screen revolution in cinema viewing attempted to break down the narrow confines of the early cinema screen‚ by creating a panoramic space of spectacle
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development such as the digital camera and digital screens in the sense of suspense and excitement. However‚ this technology had become a big challenge to the management in the motion picture industry value chain. This technology encourages the moviegoers to experience watching a movie at house with the same picture’s quality resolution and the sound’s effects as the theaters providing for audiences. The management dilemma is at maximizing their revenue and profit which falls into two difficult
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John Ford‚ since 1952‚ has held the record for winning Best Director in the Academy Awards. His films have been dazzling and astonishing moviegoers for decades and he was a pioneer for shooting on-location and the extreme long shot. Of the many John Ford movies‚ there is an ongoing presence and repetition of several motifs. These themes are usually significant to the plot or character development in the film and often represent similar themes from film to film. Some of these motifs Ford uses in his
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In Brad J. Bushman and Craig A. Anderson’s Research Report Comfortably numb‚ there are three factors that effect the actions taken by an individual that encounters a victim and decides to help. The factors are—the individual must be notice or attend the violent incident‚ the individual must recognize the event as an emergency‚ and feel the responsibility to aid the victim. According to Figure 1‚ provided the convincing evidence of two studies‚ one in which participants played violent video games
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There are some plays that are a challenge to translate into film. Some plays have so much dialogue a straight adaptation would not be very cinematic. Other times there are plays with content that may be challenging to translate to film. At the time of its production in 1966‚ Ernest Lehman’s adaptation of Who’s Afraid of the Virginia Woolf faced both the challenges of translating the talky stage play to screen and also having to battle again the strict content regulations placed on Hollywood at
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CASE: GS-34 DATE: 04/07/05 WEST MARINE: DRIVING GROWTH THROUGH SHIPSHAPE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Our goal is to be the best billion dollar boating company every day. —John Edmondson‚ Chief Executive Officer‚ West Marine The whole company has culturally undergone a huge shift in terms of recognizing the value of supply chain management to the success of the organization and our ability to grow. —Pat Murphy‚ Senior Vice President of Logistics‚ West Marine It was the evening of January 13‚ 2003
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The Art of Torture According to a 2006 survey conducted by BBC News‚ 58% of Americans say that any form of torture upon a fellow man for any reason is wrong (“One-third” 1)‚ which is ironic because horror films‚ such as Saw and Hostel‚ where victims are brutally murdered and ripped to shreds for the audience’s pure entertainment pleasure topped the box offices with their releases in 2004 and 2005. By looking at sociopolitical platforms and moral messages behind the ‘torture porn’ subgenre‚
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