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Having won 13 awards and 37 nominations, which includes 1 Oscar nomination for the Best Achievement in Costume Design, the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory successfully made it to the international film industry. Directed by Tim Burton, the movie is derived from a children storybook written by Roald Dahl and its main casts starring 3 times Oscar nominee Johnny Depp, who played as Willy Wonka, and Britain born Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket. (Anon, 2005). The movie began by an…

From Alice in Wonderland, Charlie and the Chocolate factory, and even Edward Scissorhands Tim Burton has made films that have became huge hits across the country. When watching these movies, the audience may notice many different types of lighting, music and sounds, and camera angles, from cheery to gloomy then dismay. Tim Burton wants the audience to feel these feelings to have a connection with the character he’s made. To begin, Burton manipulates camera angles and framing to catch and…

Product placement is an ingenious way to communicate marketing messages if done in a befittingly manner. My favorite product placement is Reece's Pieces candy in the 1982 blockbuster movie E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (M&Ms and E.T., n.d.). The main character Elliot lures E.T. to his house with a trail of Reece's Pieces candy. The candy was a token of the friendship the two were developing. It was relevant and heartwarming product placement that was a hit since sales of the candy skyrocketed while…

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This week’s topic was focused all about a lovely man who greatly contributed to the animated world both artistically and fundamentally. The first innovation I’m focusing on is the new use and concept of a storyboard. “Written notes, thumbnails sketches, even visual outlines had been used before, but this was the first time that a sequence of drawings was used to plot out a film in its entirety” (pg 38). This small technique made…

Disney-Pixar’s Wall-E, tells a story about a robot left behind on Earth with the responsibility of cleaning up after the mess humanity has created. Wall-E, which stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class, lives in a corporate-dominated future where humans believe Earth is no longer inhabitable. The Earth turned into a garbage dump due to overconsumption and materialism. Humans, however, have become excessively reliant on technology and are no longer capable of performing simple tasks…

Jones would kick off his animation career by working as a cel washer for The Iwerks Studios thanks to Fred Kopietz, who was an animator that put in a good word for Jones. This studio was owned by Ub Iwerks and he was a former Disney animator who helped with the creation of Mickey Mouse. The Iwerks Studio was not gaining the same success either Disney or Fleischer Studios. Seeing this, Jones would leave Iwerks Studios and get employed by Friz Freleng as an animator for the Leon Schlesinger…

Soaring to the top of the North American box office, 'Dumb and Dumber To' starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels has already raked in $38.1 million from its debut. With Red Granite Pictures financing the movie, distribution and marketing has been carried out by Universal. Universal distribution chief Nikki Rocco had spoken out about the success of the original film which drove them to take on a follow-up film. "'Dumb and Dumber' was a beloved film on home entertainment, and people wanted to be…

At first glance, Monster High is just another trendy, fashionable doll line. However, looking at Monster High’s symbolism and at the videos relating to it, we discover that it is communicating many specific messages to young children, particularly to young girls. We’ll look at how this toy line is used to introduce children to some aspects of the Illuminati Agenda.Monster High is a highly successful toy franchise that is somewhat similar to the Bratz doll line, as both are comprised of edgy,…

Disney is seen by most parents as a positive and clean source for their kids to watch. Disney doesn’t directly mean to, but they have subliminal messages that every kid is affected by. "As a parent of young children, I am continually reminded of the corporate power of the Walt Disney Company as it seeps into virtually all facets of my children 's lives: from the birthday parties they attend to the clothes they wear to the books they read at night, Disney is there" as stated by Natalie Coulter…

Interstellar is a 2 hours and 49 minutes British-American science fiction film, distributed by Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. This film with science-fiction genre was directed, co-written, and co-produced by Christoper Nolan. Nolan brothers, Christoper and Jonathan Nolan wrote the screenplay, which has its origin in a script Jonathan developed in 2007. Nolan produced the film with his wife Emma Thomas through their production company Syncopy and with Lynda Obst through Lynda Obst…