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The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) which is one of the Executive order Agencies, is an agency put in place to interpret, administer, and enforce employment laws when it comes to staffing. (Heneman, 2014, 56). This agency is place to prevent discrimination against employees based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. In order to enforce these laws, they provide federal and…

Essay Title Top Gun: One of the Best Naval Aviation Movies Ever Made “I feel the need, the need for speed”, a great movie line from the movie Top Gun uttered by Tom Cruise (Cash & Epps, 1986). Tony Scott’s Top Gun (1986) is an example of one of the best movies ever made that depicts Navy aviation at its finest. The film was directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures (Cash & Epps, 1986). The screenplay was written by Jim…

Movies and Box Office Critique The Secrete Life of Walter Mitty follows a character named Walter who is constantly absorbed in his daydreams. Walter uses theses manifestations as a way to escape the dullness of his life. With the progression of the film Walter becomes less reliant on his day dreams, but rather his experiences, to guide him through each day. A closer look will be taken to determine the success of this movies success with audiences based on several categories of criteria. This…

that box office number is actually very good for a “Christian film”, but there is no way around the fact that the movie has issues; mainly heavy handed structure and depthless characters, resulting in a two hour sermon that lacks artistic style. Fast forward to the most recent installment in the series, God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness, and we see the Metacritic score rise to 32. However, the opening weekend box office was only $3 million, compared to the first film’s opening weekend box…

survive in competitive markets; innovation represents a company’s economic lifeblood. One Steadicam film, The Shining, used the new techniques to further the film as a piece of art and as a financial success, particularly over lifetime earnings (Box Office Mojo). The new technology is critical to certain story choices and important for the development of Steadicam itself. Use of Steadicam technology in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining irreplaceably demonstrates the meaning…

Star Wars: The Next Hit “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far way…” The opening lines of every Star Wars Episode can be quoted by most its viewers. This speaks to the impact that this movie franchise has had upon Americans. Even George Lucas could not have predicted the major success of his films. Forbes Magazine contributor Scott Mendelson believes that, “Star Wars hit such a chord precisely because it was an original and precisely because it was unlike anything that was currently available…

The coexistence of the blockbuster and independent films in America helped to provide a means for producers to create films without incurring the heavy financial burden of costs typically associated with studio film making and at the same time introduced a new arena to stimulate competitive creativity in the film market. While blockbuster films found their success through formulas based in deep market focus and metrics, independent film makers found success with the niche market of films…

memorable films ever to come out of the American film industry were made, all thanks to a new generation of film makers that would later be known as the ‘Movie Brats’. But before Jaws and Star Wars, before the millions of dollars that were made, the box office records smashed, and…

Tim Burton is known for his unique way of visualising a story and turning it into something terrifyingly magical. His quirky characteristics are consistently applied throughout his oeuvre, being widely recognised by audiences on a global scale. Thus, when looking at Burton’s 2010 adaption of Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland, his distinct style and directorial choices, particularly his artistic control over visual style and mise en scene, can be clearly identified and exemplified by…

made that either support or defy society’s beliefs that women should be housewives and mothers. A League of Their Own is a classic time period film for the 1940s. To this day, this movie continues to inspire women in modern society. According to Box Office Mojo, the film has a “domestic total gross of $107,533,928, ranks number one in the baseball sports genre, and ranks number ten on the 1992 yearly chart.” Further, according to the online Metro News Toronto article by Victoria Ahearn, many…