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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 makers as they were not able to gauge the effect of changing consumer perspective in the marketplace. The movie that can be attributed to…

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…

childhood classic. From the cute little alien creatures that have come down to Earth, and the realistic big sister-little sister relationship, “Lilo and Stitch” is a viewing for all people of all ages. The movie teaches young children about the fundamentals of how family really works. The movie depicts a family that is made up of all different types of people, coming from all different walks of life. And despite the negative outlook many seemed to have with the family, they always seemed to pull…

Schlondorff’s The Legend of Rita used different movie techniques such as camera angles and scene settings, lighting/character placement to help portray what he wants, aspects of the rugged world happening in the time period through costumes/makeup and props, and the people who defected and fought to change the regime. Mise-en-scene aka “placing on stage”, in filmmaking moves our attention to the space of the shot itself. If a really long take is needed, planning is required to make sure that…

A movie theater in the eyes of many is a great place to spend a night with family, or with a special one. On the other hand, many other people believe that the movie theaters are actually disgusting, chaotic, and irrelevant. These people believe that staying in the comfort of their own home to watch a movie is much better than to travel all the way to a movie theater. I am one of these people who think that watching a movie in my own living room is better, than going all the way to a movie…

theater and moviegoers are excited to see the premier of a highly anticipated film, when suddenly a gunman walks into the theater, and opens fire on the crowd. This may seem like a scene from a horror movie, but on the night of July 20th, 2012 this scene became all too real. At the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, James Holmes killed 12 people and injured 70 more. This horrifying incident changed the way people go to the movies. Security was increased at theaters across the U.S. and…

We have already come so far. We have come from a time where film cameras and VHS tapes were the latest items. We have very much gone above and beyond what some ever thought possible. The technology we have now surpasses what we once thought scientists could do. Technology has made it possible to communicate with loved ones from miles away, and just by a swipe of a screen. There have been so many fun items that have come from technology, such as film cameras to digital cameras. The advancements…

As a marketing consultant, I believe Nathan Polanski and Sean Stronghold have a strong potential business opportunity ahead of them in opening a second-run movie theatre in Medicine Hat, Alberta. They have only one other competitor in the second-run movie theatres; with both Nathan and Sean intend on screening ten different films per night, giving consumers many different options to choose from instead of their competitor the Downtown Theatre which only showcases one film per night. All the…

And why is that? It is because of the normalization of companionship, especially in public places such as movie theaters. While observing the people in the lobby of the movie theater, I noticed that the place was full of groups of people. In different areas of the theater, it was the same, with the bare minimum being two people per group. One such group was made up exclusively of teenage…

cinemas, despite ticket prices increasing from $6.21 in 2004 to $8.13 in 2013, a 31% increase. The increased popularity of piracy and the ease to by which films can be viewed for free has acted as a major cause of reduced revenue. Piracy brings the movie to one’s home screen for no cost and has become a major challenge to the US film industry. According to the Motion Picture Association of America, the box office revenue in 2014 dropped 4% from $10.9 Billion in 2013 to $10.4 Billion.…