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classics where followers were seen as devoted to one film, Spielberg films elevated all blockbusters by selling the image of the movie by cross marketing with other cultural fixtures like fast food.” (Stephens, Dan) By doing so he could catch a variety of persons interests. He purposely attempted for wider audience.“ ‘I don't want just the elite. I want everybody to enjoy my films.’ With a string of blockbusters… director and producer Steven Spielberg more than fulfilled that ambition.”…

Mrs. Miller English 12 March 24, 2016 Steven Spielberg and his influence in the film industry According to statistics, the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jaws was one of the most watched movies in the 1970’s with a little production budget of $12 million and an incredible worldwide box office of almost $500 million. This, however, is not the only blockbuster movie from this American director and producer. In 1993, Universal published Schindler’s List based on a novel from the author Thomas…

Bestsellers to Blockbusters: Life of Pi and the Rise of Popular Literary Culture In his book Bring on the Books for Everybody: How Literary Culture Became Popular Culture, Jim Collins, as the title suggests, examines how literature has changed from a private, print-based experience, to a social experience open to a much wider audience. He argues that infrastructural changes (such as superstores, blockbuster film adaptations, and television book clubs) and cultural changes (such as the…

According to Pizza Today, Papa John’s is still the third largest pizza chain in the nation following Pizza Hut and Domino’s (Pizza Today, 2014). There has been some discussion that Little Caesar’s could possibly be larger, but Little Caesar’s has not released their current data (Pizza Today, 2014). Little Caesar’s has been offering $5 pizzas, which are less than half the cost of a Papa John’s pizza. However, Papa John’s was not founded on value but quality (Papa John 's, 2014). The focus on…

Cinematic films have been around for many years and served as entertainment for society. Many of the blockbuster movies consisted of an apocalyptic setting that predicted the fate of the future. We felt obsessed with these movies because of our endless curiosity about what the future holds. I for one watch apocalyptic films because each of them involve an interesting prediction of how our world will come to an end. Whether it is a zombie attack that infects everyone or if the water from the…

We are told that ghosts, angels and vampires live only in stories, but these videos will make you question your own eyes and think again. Hoax or real? With popular movies like 'Paranormal Acitivity' and 'The Blair Witch Project' it's no wonder that YouTube is filled with ghost videos and mysterious sightings. Luckily for us, most of the videos are fabricated and total amateur hour. However, there are some than even the most rational people will find it hard to explain. Here, we present ten…

2015 was a record breaking year for box office revenues. Considering this fact and the presence of numerous multiplex cinemas scattered about almost every city in the United States, many might be surprised to learn that cinema attendance, as a percentage of the population, is among the lowest it has ever been. This paper will seek to explain this conundrum by examining forces that have impacted the demand of viewing movies at cinemas throughout history. The Origins of Movie Theaters Various…

The Motion Picture Association of America and their ‘rating system’ (Motion Picture Association of America, 2016) serves as an industry backed form of self-regulation for the content of films for the American consumer. However, amongst the changing times of the Country following World War II and leading into the turbulent 1960’s, Major movie companies were willing to forego industry-approved regulation for major films, forcing the MPAA to change from the Production Code towards the modern-day…

Business strategies have been evolving with the course of time. In the last 20 years, there has been modifications in the business strategies that affect customers and competitors. As well, as the development of new IT systems and innovations in the business field. Customers and competitors weren’t the same in 1995 as they are today. Competition has been at the heart of corporate strategy. Today, one can hardly speak of strategy without involving the language of competition, as dictated in…

continuity. Such as, the 180-degree rule, intercutting, eye match shots and establishing shots. He was the first to cut in to the shots and also play around with the different shot sizes. With all the editing techniques combined, he directed the first blockbuster film in 1915, which is known as ‘The Birth if a Nation’. In this film, Griffith was the first to cut into shots, where near the beginning we see one of the characters walking towards the horse and carts but in the next shot it is a…