Executive director

Veasey and Di Guglielmo (2006) identify the following competing models of corporate counsel: “gatekeepers”, “corporate advocates”, and “persuasive counselors”. Discuss these roles with reference to challenges faced by in-house and external lawyers, and explain which role(s) you think corporate lawyers should play. The role of a modern day corporate lawyer is one that has undoubtedly sparked a huge amount of debate in recent years. The numerous ways in which these professionals should conduct…

The term “film festival” may mean different things to different people. Film buffs look at it as an opportunity to watch thrilling new films from all over the world before general release or even film that will never be released. Filmmakers see film festivals as opportunities to display their work and gain acknowledgement to international audiences as well as to connect with other filmmakers. Film producers, distributors and investors use film festivals as a platform to network, educate…

According to Jerzemowska, M., (2006), there is an agent relationship when a person or a group of people, who are the principals, employ a third party as an agent to perform services or tasks on their behalf. The principals delegate their decision making powers to the agents who represent the principals. There are two main types of agency relationships that exist in a firm, namely, between shareholders and mangers, and between shareholders and creditors. Shareholders are the owners of the…

Rashomon - The Loss and Gains in the Transition of Medium Whenever a movie is created based off a novel, there is a common debate on whether the movie was better than the novel or vice versa. Sometimes, the debate ends quickly for both sides have the same opinion on the movie or the novel. However, in some cases the debate lengths, for one side prefers the movie over the other due to reasons such as the gains or losses on making the novel into the movie. In the case for Rashomon, a similar…

Since the mid 19 century, Hollywood film production has been the most dominate movie cinema throughout the world. Hollywood also produced motion pictures, for this was very innovating and creative in the film production industry. This type of filming industry has become important to the American society, and there are beliefs that Hollywood has influential effects on a society as well. Howard Zinn, was a professor and currently is a book publisher, a play, and musical writer. Howard soon…

Dynamic Duo: Burton and Depp When great artist work together what they create often times becomes wonderful classics. In the world of film, when big names work together they can create some of the most magical adventures. One such collaboration that excites the masses with the probability of great time and a wonderfully told story comes from the pairing of Tim Burton and Jonny Depp. With a total of eight films where Burton directed Depp, their combined efforts…

1. Lust, Caution directed by an award-winning director—Ang Lee. This movie depicts a time period of the Imperial Japanese Army and a puppet government led by Wang Jingwei. A group of Lingnan University students that used an attractive young woman to plot a political murder towards their enemy. This young woman must lure, then assassinate a high-ranking official that works for the puppet government. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling for him. This sparked a series of…

Ken and Mario, After taking time to review the MOU proposing the services Giancarlo Petrini will be expected to provide as a partner and shareholder and the amount of stock sold to Giancarlo Petrini to LSI, we have first come to a few conclusions regarding how we expect LSI to operate moving forward and what needs to happen before we can seriously consider adding another partner to our operations at this time. LSI needs to define a business plan and set clear goals. As it currently stands,…

A movie versus a book the age-old debate but how much can they differ when telling a story about something as universal terrible like the Holocaust? This is what I intend to find out when comparing the movie Life is Beautiful (directed by Roberto Benigni) to the book Night (Elie Wiesel). The most notable way these two differ is in the way they are presented (book vs movie), their plot and most importantly the reason they both were created in the first place. The most glaring way these two work…

Ron Clements and John Musker correctly represent Polynesian Culture in their 2016 film, Moana. Moana was nominated for and won numerous awards. It was nominated for both the ‘Best Animated Feature Film of the Year’ and the ‘Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)’ awards in the 2017 Oscars. The film is about a girl called Moana from the island of Motunui who has a desire to be on the water. After finding out her ancestors were voyagers, she goes on an adventure to…