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(“veteran editor”) with editing a film by the United States Information Agency (USIA) to interpret the United States’ appearance in Southwest Asia. He later took that job; following that, he was offered an assistantship to teach a special course for navy cameramen at USC. There was a women by the name of Marcia Griffin working as help with the extra work for Fields, however her main occupation was editorial assistant. When George met Marcia, they had much more things in common than just their professions, there was an obvious connection. He married Marcia Griffin in 1969 (They were married for 13 years). George Lucas worked exclusively as a producer throughout the 1980s and most of the ‘90s. In 1971 he formed the production corporation Lucasfilm Ltd., which eventually consisted of a number of divisions, one of them being Industrial Light and Magic (ILM, established 1975), which was considered the most renowned special effects studio in American film history. George Lucas has a mind like no other; he has created several of the most popular films including the world renowned Star Wars Trilogy. Lucas also introduced state of the art sound effects and visuals which captured the imaginations of people everywhere. George Lucas had the initiative of implementing the maximum potential of sound, sound tracks, and visual effects into his movies. Another initiative he had was revolutionizing the use of computer generated imagery/animation. The part of his life I admire the most was…

audiences, Lucasfilm’s ability to develop franchises and tell new, compelling stories based on prior work is more consistent than Disney’s Big Six competitors or foreign studios.” Drawing from the decline of industry tentpoles such as the Transformers and Pirates franchises, we recommend that Lucasfilm continues to pursue its strategy of expanding its product’s universes - to tell new stories without replacing the things fans recognize and love. The studio has already seen major success with the…

The selling of Lucasfilm was unexpected and surprising. Many wondered what Lucas was going to do with the money, and they all soon found out Lucas gave all $4.05 million dollars to charity. After selling Lucasfilm to Disney, Disney started doing some very large projects. Disney has capitalized on the merchandising opportunities as well as added rides and attractions to their amusement parks. They have also capitalized on Star Wars by making an animated T.V. series Star Wars Rebels . Now that…

Pixar animation studios. Unlike The Walt Disney Company, the life of Pixar Animation Studios began as the computer division of Lucasfilm (2014). During the computer division’s time under the umbrella of Lucasfilm, the team did “remarkable work in the area of computer graphics research” (p. 156). Ed Catmull, who would later become one of the founders of Pixar, recruited many notable and creative people during the company’s fledgling years at Lucasfilm. One major artist that was recruited by…

Star Wars: Rivals is a third person, cross-platform, PvP shooter. Players will battle it out in familiar surroundings like the Death Star and Jakku. Many of your favorite characters from the original trilogy and the most recent movies are in the game. As a big Star Wars fan, Disney buying Lucasfilm has been great. Three new movies (with another around the corner), countless toys, and new games have taken up a significant amount of my time. I've never been a huge mobile gamer, but the recent…

diabetes which declined him from the airforce, along with his speeding tickets. Still maintaining a desire for film and applying his creativity to life, he went to school for film. A few years down the line after writing up stories and working as a assistant producer for "Warner Brothers," Lucas had a vision of bringing people out of the world they live in and letting them see a whole new world of fantasy. But also at times wanted to bring the world we live in right to your nose so you can see…

expanding parks and creating new ones. It began with one while Walt Disney was actually alive, and the second initially planned by him. Currently however there are now additional parks including Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, “sister park” California Adventure, and the newest property Shanghai, projected to open in June of this year 2016 (fortune). Disney has also been utilizing acquisitions as of late to expand its character collection. This gives the company subsequent intellectual property rights…

Were it not for the influence of Steve Jobs three dimensional animated movies would be unheard of. While Steve Jobs was the owner of NeXt Software he invested a large sum of money in a small group of graphic designers from lucasfilms to establish a small group called Pixar. “Steve Jobs purchases the Computer Graphics Division from George Lucas and establishes an independent company to be christened "Pixar." At this time about 44 people are employed.” (Pixar) The company began small with 10…

Presently, the company has announced its acquisition of 21st century fox. The acquisition helped the company to eliminate its market competition, expand its global reach and also helped the company gain access to many Intellectual Properties.  Diversification- The company has not only operated its main business, but has also diversified its business into many other segments in order to accomplish the overall growth of the company. The company has various sub-units namely: Disney Media…

Aside from Han Solo's upcoming film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," the saga continues as "Star Wars: Rogue Nation" unleashed its very first photograph. The film's cast and crew was reportedly announced as well. Lucasfilm confirmed yesterday that the standalone "Star Wars" movie had started its principal photography. The photo, showing the casts of "Rogue One" movie revealed the participation of Felicity Jones, Riz Ahmed, Diego Luna, Donnie Yen and Jiang Wen, according to StarWars.com. The…