The Director

organization was not obligated to make this transaction in order to maximize shareholder value in the short term realm (Stout, 2012). Even though a firm is supposed to exist for the maximization of shareholder wealth, in this case the board of directors argued that in the long run, the organization would be better served to stay the course and not sell off to Air…

Although Melies’ films were very pioneering for the time, he still did not utilize the story element in films like American Directors D.W. Griffith, Thomas Ince, and Mack Sennett would during and after World War I. Just before the war, French cinema was at it’s finest. While the Lumeire brother’s and Georges Melies still produced films, Directors like Charles Pathé and Leon Gaumont began to compete with each other and make films with epic lengths including a production of Les Miserables…

certain tendency in French Cinema he argued that a film, through the way in which its images are presented to the audience on the screen, should express and reflect the personality of the director. This policy later became known as the auter theory. These critics were renowned for their praise of some Hollywood directors, particularly Howard Hawkes, Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford who they admired for their individual styles. For the best part of a decade these critics argued their beliefs in…

traded on the New York Stock Exchange as SBUX. Each non-employee Board Director is required to hold at least $480,000 in the Company’s common stock. This stock amount must be obtained within four years if elected to the board after June 5, 2012 (Starbucks, 2016). (finance.yahoo, 2016) Committee Structure, Membership and Responsibilities The main duty imposed on the Starbuck’s Board of Directors is to promote the best interests of the Company and its…

Tim Burton, a person who started out as a kid fascinated by other famous directors and then became one himself. What did he do to become such a famous director? He is known for his disturbing and yet child-like movies, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Edward Scissorhands. Everyone of all ages can be able to enjoy his movie. Tim Burton’s style is kid-friendly at first, but then it takes a disturbing and twisted turn. One of Burton's cinematic technique he uses is…

In the movie, Stranger than Fiction, the director develops the major character in the film, which is Harold, by using different elements such as cinematography, visual design, literary concepts, and sound/music. By using these elements, the director guides the viewer to understand the point of view, psychology, and emotional dimension of the character. For instance, at the beginning of the film, sound is used to narrate and describe Harold’s personality. The narrator guides the audience as the…

Ownership concentration means the overall ownership structure of the people contributed to the capitalization of the firm, while executive compensation includes salary, incentives, and bonuses given to the managers, and the Board of Directors represents individuals who monitors and controls the overall decision process of the firm. The internal mechanisms control and monitors the activities of the organization and take corrective actions when the company off tracks it strategic goals…

Blockbusters would not have today's blockbuster directors without independent film. Some would argue that independent and blockbuster films co-exist in a way to portray form versus effects. Directors who merge both like Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino and George Lucas founded blockbuster films by starting with independent films outside of the system with distinct visions, attracting younger audiences. In today’s Hollywood system, it’s quite possible for an independent film to be purchased or…

Auteur theory is “A theory of film criticism, popularized in France during the 1950s, that treats the director of a film as its primary author. In certain cases, a particularly influential producer or screenwriter may also be considered an auteur filmmaker”. (Goodykoontz, B., & Jacobs, C. P. (2014)). A director that I consider to be an auteur is Steven Spielberg because he has a unique vision and is able to express his creativity and identity in his films. I believe that you can see in most of…

The Auteur Theory It compares the film director to the author of a book, it attributes artistic control to the…