Kodak Theatre

CHAPTER NINE The Griffith Observatory sits on the southern incline of the world famous Mount Hollywood. Its charisma consists of an unobstructed observation of the City of Angels, Los Angeles, California. Followed up by the entertainment capital of the world Hollywood and finishes the beauty with the magnificent view of the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The observatory is a trendy day-tripper attraction with an outstanding view of the iconic Hollywood Sign, and a wide-ranging selection of science and space programs that will surely leave you breathless. However, the observatory is also host to a not so iconic figure or worldly renowned household name. It is the office of Susan, her home away from home. She has become an icon at the observatory since her graduation from U.C.L.A. four years ago. She and two others are part of a program funded by the government; their job is simple and fascinating as well, monitoring the skies, looking for everything from UFOs to runaway meteors, shooting stars and the search for inhabitable planets. Documenting the position of the stars are the things she longed to do as a child. Susan’s dream has come true. Born with a beautiful spirit, she is full of energy and a driving ambition. While at college, she met Detective Burroughs, Tamara, one of Susan’s roommates just happened to be the detective’s daughter, who was investigating a string of unsolved college assaults. While questioning the students at the campus about the crimes, Burroughs…

organizations strategic decisions. The near death of Eastman Kodak company is a direct result of the company failing to respond quickly enough to the evolving world of technology and societies demands to shift from film to digital photography. For Kodak, the advent of digital photography was ruinous (Hardy, 2015). Once a powerhouse in the film industry, the company is now just a mere shadow of what it once was. At the peak of its season, the Kodak company was a household name with as much as $19…

George Lois was born in Bronx New York. After a brief stint at an ad agency he left the “establishment” and started working at Doyle Dane Bernbach. Which was the hot agency of the time. He worked on various campaign while at DDB for one year, After one year he left to start his own agency, Papert Koenig Lois, where he started the “creative revolution.” Or the golden age of advertising, he along with many advertisers of the 60s created ads that connected with the public. We picked George Lois…

photographic world. George Eastman’s developments and invention in the photographic process, along with his many contributions to educational foundations lead him to be the most influential inventor in the history of photography. When Eastman started to experiment with photography, the wet plate process was the most commonly used method for taking photographs. The first wet plate process was introduced in 1851, while the current wet plate process was invented in 1856 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn…

competitive business environment. This paper addresses the failure in leadership of Eastman Kodak Company and how these failures were resolved. Background of Eastman Kodak Company Eastman Kodak Company is a technology company based in America. Its headquarter is in Rochester in New York. It was founded by George Eastman in 1888. It focuses on the production of imaging products. Kodak offers functional printing, packaging, graphic communication and professional business worldwide. However, it…

At the turn of the century, a battle against painting was forged in the form of a photograph. Threatened by the new artform, painters prepared for the end of their profession. A couple decades later, both still exist side by side. In Dominique de Font-Reaulx’s chapter “Portraiture” in his Painting and Photography, he uses portraits as a measure of the effectiveness of the mediums. In 1936, two artists decided to capture two separate portraits with completely different subjects. During the…

must dedicate themselves to nurturing and growing their competencies to ensure they continue to be effective and profitable. Unfortunately, initial or prolonged success is not enough to maintain an organization’s continued profitability. Many organizations fail to perform the introspection and environmental analysis needed to develop and institute changes to keep the company current; ultimately, this can lead to organizational decline and even death, if not corrected (Jones, 2012, p. 321). This…

mechanical equipment, Eastman ensured that these advertisements would stress the simplicity of the Kodak process in order to attract the wealthy, middle class woman. This woman, Gover concludes, is personified by the Kodak Girl: a woman who is active within modern society yet also acceptable to traditional conventions. However, Gover makes the important point that this woman existed as an image of female independence that did not entirely reflect the times, as the traditionalism of the past…

Innovative Performance Overview of Eastman Kodak Kodak was founded in 1888 and it dates 128 years on its timeline. George Eastman, the company’s founder, who was a pioneer entrepreneur, had a lively and innovative mind, invented the roll film allowing photography to evolve into a hobby of the masses. For almost one century Kodak was known for its pioneering technology and revolutionary marketing as until the 1990s Kodak was ranked as one of the world’s five most valuable brands. Unfortunately,…

Thursday, October, 22, I was privileged with the opportunity to see the production La Muerte Bila, written in collaboration with the cast, and directed by Rebecca Marinez. The play was performed at the lovely Milargo Theater in Portland, Oregon. La Muerte Baila takes place in the afterlife, a place that is neither heaven nor hell. The standout performers in the play were Alejandro, played by Jonathan Hernandez, and La Muerte, played by Sofia May-Cuxim. La Muerte Baila is much different from most…