Why did the New Zealand government offer Warner Brothers incentives to film “The Hobbit” in New Zealand? Analyse how this will affect the New Zealand film industry and New Zealand society. Warner Brothers‚ one of Hollywood ’s most famous studios‚ was founded in 1923 by four actual brothers: Jack‚ Sam‚ Harry & Albert Warner. On April 4‚ 1923‚ with help from a loan given to Harry Warner by his banker Motley Flint‚ they formally incorporated as Warner Bros. Pictures‚ Inc. I believe that production
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Hollywood short cartoons‚ from the 1930s to the 1950s‚ Disney and Warner Bros. were rivals. Disney animators had far greater resources at their disposal‚ and their animation was more elaborate and detailed than the simpler style of the Warner product. Warner cartoonists‚ despite their limited budgets‚ fought back by exploiting the comic fantasy possible in animated films and playing with the medium in imaginative ways. In Warner Bros. cartoons‚ characters often spoke to the audience or referred to
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over the wizard world. Rowling sold the movie rights to Warner Brothers which resulted in the series of Harry Potter block buster movies. Harry Potter popularity opened a vast market of merchandise to its fans. Warner Brothers has an Internet site‚ wbshop.com‚ where people can order their favorite Harry Potter “official” merchandise ranging from coffee mugs‚ t-shirts‚ wands‚ wizard hats‚ posters‚ necklaces‚ sculptures‚ ring tones‚ etc. (Warner Bros. Entertainment‚ Inc.‚ 2011). The Harry Potter hype also
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Producer: Michael Bay; Ian Bryce; Walter F. Parkes Director: Michael Bay Production Company(ies): DreamWorks SKG; Warner Bros. Pictures; Parkes/Macdonald Productions Distribution Company(ies): DreamWorks Distribution; DreamWorks Home Entertainment; Warner Bros.; Fox-Warner # of U.S. screens opening week: 3122 # of U.S. screens maximum: 3138 # of weeks in U.S. theaters: 7 Film Budget: $126 Million U.S. box
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originally known as ’National Allied Publication’ the initials ’DC’ was taken from the popular series ’Detective Comics’ which subsequently became part of the company’s name. DC comics is the publishing unit for DC Entertainment a Warner Bros company which itself is owned by Time Warner‚ producing materials incorporating renown DC characters such as Superman an alien who was sent from the lost planet Krypton‚ raised on Earth and instilled with a sense of justice from the Superman franchise (Action comics)
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----------------------------------- spootyhead Apr 17‚ 2007 Arundel Partners Case Analysis ----------------------------------- Arundel Partners Case Analysis Executive Summary: A group of investors (Arundel group) is looking into the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights are to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wants to come up with a decision to either purchase all the sequel rights for
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with 3D effects. It is obvious that Hollywood has played the main role in terms of cinematography development. So called the fatherland of movie industry gave birth to so many industries such as 20th Century Fox‚ Warner Bros.‚ Paramount‚ Columbia and Universal. As for me I like Warner Brothers Pictures more. ‘Miss Congeniality’‚ ‘Harry Potter’‚ ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ are my favourite films made by this studio. The reason I like this film company is that its movies are of high quality‚ breath-taking
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Fashions were simple and clean. There was very little outdoor filming due to high costs and a larger concern that the film could reveal important landmarks for the opposition to bomb. Most of the filming was down in soundstages‚ or on the Warner Brothers lot. Warner Brothers had to use models instead of the real thing‚ for example in the last scene where they are at the airport‚ the plane in this scene is actually a model and they skillfully used midgets to make the plane to appear bigger. Also Hollywood
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The coming of film sound also had a prominent effect on genre and film characterisation‚ aside from the aforementioned stylistic film changes. The creation of musicals was formed through the coming of film sound in 1927‚ when Warner Bros cemented the demise of silent films‚ by releasing The Jazz Singer. A film considered to be one of the first feature-length motion pictures with synchronised sound. Despite many previous attempts to convert sound into filmmaking‚ such as the Kinetophone‚ which produced
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Argo [2012] Argo is a name of a movie which got Oscar for best movie in 2012. It has been done in Warner Bros production‚ with Ben Affleck as a director and George Clooney as a producer. It’s a thriller (120min) full of surprises and unexpected events‚ so I would rate it 10/10 for the story. This thriller is about hostage extraction from Teheran in 1979 and it’s based on a true story about a fake movie. During the Iranian diplomatic crisis‚ the CIA rescued six US diplomats by passing them off
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