Jack Warner

Casablanca, a romantic drama directed by Michael Curtiz, is an extraordinary example of classic Hollywood cinema. The perfection of its continuity editing allows shots to flow seamlessly into one another with no call for attention. They are filled with small details that at first seem irrelevant in the situation, but later on reveal their narrative significance. One of those elements is the song "As time goes by", that becomes a main theme of Rick, a man who sticks his neck out for…

One of the earliest film composers (and one of the most famous ones) went by the name Maxilium Raoul Steiner (or Max Steiner for short). He was well known for his effect on the film and music industry. He composed music, themes and motives/ leitmotivs for various successful films such as “King Kong” in 1933, “Gone with the Wind” in 1939, “Casablanca” in 1942 and many more. Because of this rise in technology and film production credits, the payment of the composer raised about 67% which attracted…

Casablanca can be ordered in the class of Classical Hollywood Cinema. The topics exhibited alongside the true to life style were of that period. It is a sentimental show that portrays a confused adoration triangle. This battle is paralleled with the occasions encompassing the war. The movie producers concentrated on the style and outline in connection to the viewer. This odd point of view permits the gathering of people to have a superior involvement with the film despite the fact that it would…

get everything right. Musical films changed the way people watched movies. Musical films started being made in the early 1920’s, but it was not until 1927 when The Jazz Singer was released that musicals became popular. The Jazz Singer was made by Warner Brothers and is considered a “talkie.” A “talkie” refers to the fact that the movie…

Blockbuster Syndrome and the Jaws Introduction The Hollywood at the moment is dominated by large media corporations. The way things work in this scenario is that movie makers most of the times are responsible to their stakeholders. These stakeholders want movies to make profit out of their “investments. The growing obsession of the industry with massive scale productions and profits is called Blockbuster syndrome. During the 80’s and 90’s specially, this phenomena was catching up with the movie…

Intense, dramatic, and elegant; the new movie Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, is sure to captivate any moviegoer. Wonder Woman was an immense project undertaken by DC Comics, knowing that the public would most likely quibble about a woman superhero movie. Justin Chang of the L.A. Times wrote, “Wonder Woman emerges as not only the strongest movie in the present DC cycle, but also the first one that feels like an enveloping, honest-to-God entertainment rather than a raging cinematic…

Okay here’s the premise. I, having wanted to have my own rambling thread figured the best place to start was Wonder Woman. So I’ll just post something June 2nd when the movie comes out. Well what do you know didn’t happen, but well I did see the movie that weekend and when it ended I was like. Okay that was amazing totally should write out the ‘essay’ I had in mind. Great, get home and I’m pretty sure I couldn’t even bring myself to reply to role-play threads let alone type out paragraphs of…

The film industry has endured many changes throughout time. 2 significant changes that would go on and alter the business direction from being on a rise to taking a steep fall were the Hollywood Blacklist and the United States v. Paramount Pictures case; which greatly impacted the revenue earned by studios and the employment of many film professionals. To understand the Hollywood black list, what was happening in American history must be understood first. With the fall of Nazism and…

Ideal Relationships Companies look for ideal partners that will increase their competitive advantage and secure their leadership in the market. Despite what everyone thinks about the business relationship, what it is important are the seven characteristics the potential candidate possess that Kwicien (2012) said an ideal partner should hold some or all as follows: • “Complementary domain expertise • Synergistic products or services • Carrier relationships (preferably not of the duplicative…

they are a fan of, and sometimes even take terms from the shows they are a devoted fan of for use in their everyday lives. A fan culture differs greatly from the casual fan, and that definitely proves to be the case with the Warner Brother’s popular 2000’s television…