the strategic management of XX Organisation Holdings‚ a leading Singapore multiplex cinema operator. Three key forces and their potential impact on XX’s operations over the next decade will be discussed and from future trends in technological‚ social and economic developments‚ the key drivers of change can be identified. Lastly‚ the report summarises an operational synthesis of these key drivers. Statistics for cinema screens‚ attendance‚ and seating capacity are shown in the appendix. INTRODUCTION
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What are the differences between a pidgin‚ a creole‚ and a “regular language”? Is there a clear distinction? Pidgin and creole languages are mostly spoken in the Third World countries where their role is mainly connected with political and social questions. There are supposedly more than 100 pidgin and creole language used in everyday speech (Romaine‚ 2000). The word pidgin comes from the pronunciation of the word business in Pidgin. It is not anyone’s first language‚ but a contact language
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Values and Traits of Filipino Films Philippine Cinema has unique values and traits. Don Jose as the Father of Filipino Films labeled the Filipino films as quality content and has a commercial appeal among movie goers. Many of the films created by Don Jose Nepomuceno were received the approval of the box office and win the heart of film critics. Nepomuceno has a mind-set in every movie that he will create that a content of a movie should have the combination of artwork and crass commercialism (Quirino
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1. Summarize events related to the Boxer Rebellion. Many Chinese people thought the foreigners (the Germans) were the cause of all the extreme weather happening. In the late 1800’s there was extreme flooding and droughts. The Chinese thought the heavens were upset with the foreigners being there and were punishing them for it with the weather. The weather of course affected the Chinese people’s farming negatively. Among the people that blamed the foreigners was group called The Boxers and they were
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and Thompson define the art film as "a film which‚ while made under commercial circumstances take an approach to form and style influenced by "high art" which offers an alternative to mainstream entertainment" (1). Like avant-garde film making‚ this style offer the audience with a movie that takes glory in cinemas stance as a modern art form‚ for art house films are not just intended to be entertaining‚ they are designed to be imaginative. Shekhar Kapur’s 1998 film ’Elizabeth’ presents us with
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TURKISH CINEMA NAME : MUHAMMET SURNAME : TARHAN ID : 02031139 BEING A KURD IN TURKISH CINEMA “The best way of spreading and imposing culture‚ political behaviour and literature to other states is cinema” my father always says. Then he adds: “For instance‚ America introduced emperialism and it’s ‘power’ to the whole World via American movies”. Previously‚ i was not be able to comprehend that‚ however‚ after I started being interested in cinema‚ i realised
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Kyle Keitz Professor Mullens Film 221 March 5‚ 2013 Art Cinema Characteristics in Persona According to David Bordwell’s research‚ Hollywood had a basic outline on how they made their films. The classical narrative cinema follows narrative structure‚ cinematic style‚ and spectatorial activity. In Classical Hollywood Cinema there is usually a psychologically defined‚ goal oriented character that’s easy to like. Foreign countries had a different way of making film‚ post WWII‚ Europe reestablished
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Popular culture In our civilization today‚ people seem to obsess over certain values that our society proceeds to the people that they need to consume by using advertisements through television‚ radio‚ magazines etc. These promotions of the latest trends such as fashion and technology‚ installs to the people’s head that we need to obtain these values to “fit in”. Also‚ the worlds “super stars” are heavily looked up to in our society. They create and image for himself or herself that the people
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Within a new trend in the Movies Industry‚ a lot of classic books are selected to be turned into films for the big screen. This is the case of the epic poem Beowulf‚ which dates from Anglo Saxon times and is considered as the earliest poem in the modern European language. In 2007‚ the American director Robert Zemeckis produced Beowulf. In my opinion he chose this poem as a source for a Hollywood movie because it carries valuable information about revelations and controversies of Old English social
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In the busy life of the city‚ people often lack time for fun and relaxation but when they do find time‚ they often spend it on entertaining themselves. One form of entertainment is by watching productions‚ either on stage or in film. People often choose between theatre productions and movies based on their preferences. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the entertainment level‚ the quality of the characters’ performances and impact to the audience of theatre productions and movies
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