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In July 2016, after a rough 12 months, Chipotle decided it was time for a new marketing push that would remind customers what drew them to Chipotle in the first place. The plan included a temporary loyalty plan. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the program, the company’s chief creative and development executive, Mark Crumpacker, who had been leading the reboot, was charged with drug possession and named by the police as a repeat buyer of cocaine from a New York delivery service. Research from…

In the late 1890’s the Lumiere Brother’s had invented the Cinematograph, which was an all in one camera and projector. With their invention of the first true motion picture camera, they began to document the daily life in their hometown Lyon, France. The very first films they ever made consisted of Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory, an Arrival of a Train at the Station, and a mother Feeding the Baby. While these very short films around fifty seconds each did document the daily lives of the…

Over the past few years I have grown to better appreciate the world of film. I love watching movies from countries all over the globe. One of my favorite genera’s of film is animation, or anime. Debatably the best animation film director of all time is Hayao Miyazaki. Central Argument/ Thesis In the article Animating child activism: Environmentalism and Class Politics in Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke (1997) and Fox’s Fern Gully (1992), Michelle J. Smith and Elizabeth Parsons compare…

Animator: Digital Gods The future of almost every aspect of our lives is digital. While a relatively new career compared to most, animation is quickly gaining ground and popularity. It is a very skill based field, and there are many talented individuals who want to do it. With entertainment increasingly making use of CGI and related technology, animators are in high demand. According to Learn.org, job growth is expected to be around 6% from 2014 to 2024, which is in line with most…

For years I have been watching the Star Wars movies, never thinking I would actually see one for the first time in theaters. The last Star Wars movie to hit theaters in my life time was Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in 2005, and it was stinker. If you ask anyone who considers themselves a fan of the Star Wars movies, they will tell you the first trilogy was some of the best cinema ever created, and the second trilogy was in comparison just completely awful. In fact a lot of people wish the…

After three long weekends atop the box office, Finding Dory has officially fallen – to its newly released animated rival, The Secret Life of Pets. As expected, The Secret Life of Pets was received with a warm welcome from moviegoers – to the tune of $103.1 million. This is a massive victory for Illumination Entertainment, not only because it won the box office, but also because it crushed early projected numbers – which had it debuting somewhere in the $80 million neighborhood. Lump-on a…

From the Animation to the Real World: Ghouls Are Roaring “[A]nimated feature films draw much of their dramatic intensity from the struggle between human and nonhuman creatures” (Halberstam 272). It seems this formula works very well for most animations because there is always existing conflicts on two or more different classes. While we are enjoying the show to see how many tricks involving in both parties, is there anything we should deeply consider for the part as human?…

Animators have the best inspirational believe for many people to see life in another perspective. Animation is created for everyone to view the different experiences life experiences based on genres. Similarly, it depends on how the animators show their personal perceptions and experiences in their storylines. Meanwhile, the audience can see the animators’ point of view or have another perspective towards the animators’ goal. A successful animator is able to create a captivating storyline and…

The Wonderful Art of Steve Jobs “...while some may see them as the crazy ones,we see genius,because the ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world,are the ones who do” (abcnews.com). This is a very famous yet wise quote from the CEO of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs. Many may look at him as somebody who just invented another form of technology and others may see him as a complete world changer who that impacts everyday lives. Jobs was more than an inventor of multiple forms of…

an interest in art that is continuously expanding. I always enjoyed finding out how things were made and I’ve always been interested in the process of creating things. I always had a dream to pursue a life in the arts and the process and uses of animation is what captured my attention. My desire for knowledge and confidence came from my childhood where I almost lost the opportunities and future I have today. As a child, my family was almost deported by our immigration lawyer. The lawyer had my…