owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation. It was founded on October 1‚ 2001 as a joint venture between Sony and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson. Sony acquired Ericsson’s share in the venture on February 16‚ 2012. Sony Mobile Communications has research and development facilities in Lund‚ Sweden; Tokyo‚ Japan Beijing‚ China and Silicon Valley‚ United States. In 2009‚ it was the fourth-largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world. By 2010‚ its market share had fallen to sixth place. Origins
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Test #1: Study Notes Chapter 1 Cinephile: a lover of cinema Filmography: a list of films There are distinct types of explanation in film history: 1. Biographical History 2. Industrial/Economic Historybusiness procedures 3. Aesthetic Historyfilm art (form; style) 4. Technological History 5. Social/Cultural/Political Types of Explanation: 1. Chronology 2. Influence 3. Trends/Generalization 4. Periods (by positing trends‚ historians generalize) 5. Significance Methodological Individualism:
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selected company‚ Reading Cinemas‚ is looking to ultimately strengthen its competitive position within the market place over the course of the next three to five years. A market analysis was first taken out on Reading Courtenay; one cinema under the Reading brand name situated in Wellington. From this analysis‚ it became apparent that the Internet was one of the company’s largest competitors. Upon further research‚ the problem revealed to be at such a large level‚ one single cinema would not be able to
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Classics of Italian cinema 2010 Federico Fellini’s films were‚ and still are in many cases very controversial. Fellini attempts to convey many of his own ideas and attitudes into his works. Nowhere is this more evident than in his attitude towards faith‚ ritual‚ and religion. Fellini’s attitude towards faith‚ ritual and religion has always been critical. However‚ the way in which he demonstrates this criticism varies. These varying methods of criticism are clearly demonstrated‚ when one considers
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which the fortunes of everyday individuals‚ as opposed to actors‚ or fictional characters are followed (Soong‚ 2003). Although these programs have always been prevalent within society‚ it is only within these last two years that reality television has achieved its greatest success with shows such as Survivor‚ Big Brother‚ Master Chef‚ and Fear Factor. Today‚ reality television encompasses a variety of specialised formats or subgenres‚ including most prominently the gamedoc‚ the makeover program‚
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Introduction The term‚ ‘Third Cinema’ was coined in an interview with the Argentine Cine Liberacion group‚ published in the journal Cine Cubano (March 1969)‚ and was then more fully developed in the manifesto “Towards a Third Cinema: Notes and Experiences for the Development of a cinema in the Third World‚” written by Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino‚ members of that group. Femi Shaka describes it as “a tool for creating a revolutionary consciousness for the mass mobilization for society for
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Nazis in Power Hitler’s Nazi party enjoyed widespread popularity among the German people between 1933 and 1939 as a result of their domestic policies. Through the economy‚ the biggest factor in support of reducing mass unemployment‚ they introduced the KDF‚ Strength through Joy this allowed Germans to enjoy paid holidays and concerts. They also helped reinforce law and order‚ ensuring there were no street battles in Nazi Germany. Germans appreciated this as it was fresh and strict following
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is a fictional novel that is written by Roddy Doyle. Doyle is one of the best novelists that have written this book. It won the Booker Prize‚ which is Britain’s highest award‚ in 1993. This book is full of hilarious slang‚ colloquialisms‚ vulgarisms and cursing that is so vibrant and charged that it is almost musical. This book tells of an Irish boy named Patrick‚ who lives in Barrytown‚ Ireland. He and his friends always hang out together‚ but they always find trouble
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The Myth of Total Cinema Andre Bazin in his article‚ The Myth of Total Cinema‚ asserts that motivation behind cinema is realism. He explains his theory by examining the technology of cinema. He argues that cinema was not born from the technology advancement but rather from innate desire to reproduce the realism of our world. “The basic technical discoveries [are] fortunate accidents… essentially second in importance to the preconceived ideas of the inventors” (Bazin‚ 200). What Bazin means is
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film industry has continued to evolve in many facets from genre to effects to even the very narrative that inspires films today. While not an entirely new occurrence‚ films today are more and more inspired by existing material ranging from text‚ video games‚ or even previous adaptations‚ leading to the phrase “reboot”. This new form of narrative has become immensely popular due to the wide reaching media that now accompanies these films releases‚ creating hype and leading to the cinema becoming more
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